Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is physically well-built. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Jeweler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Jeweler for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 sp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is chestnut and curly. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a Bowyer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is red and curly. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. After a long history of fighting, Naeris and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). White pearl (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Paelias lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Miner, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jet (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.