Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern man wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 pp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Jet (40 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Rose (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jet (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 is an amazing painter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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 his loneliness to end; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he very much looks the part of a Soapmaker. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: To be a Detective again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1200 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Adventurer. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Adventurer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 230 pp. Iolite (70 gp). Amber (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.