Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gray eyes and a black hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Traki grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Traki. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Jet (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and longbows. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. His hair is short and golden. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has worked as a Shepherd like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Aelar will drive conversation. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Aelar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aelar decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black pearl (300 gp). Emerald (500 gp).

Description: This man wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a dagger on his belt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Arannis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Jeweler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Jeweler work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Jeweler soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.