Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear flannel. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, brown cloak, and is pretty ugly. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Jeweler profession.

History: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Berrian was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He has worked as a Guard like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Onyx (40 gp). Jade (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).