Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a grey vest and prefers tan and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dreali was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 170 pp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear red tank tops with black pants. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 7000 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a black vest and prefers green and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Laucian is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ploughman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.