Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is short and golden. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Theriatis 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 Theriatis. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). White opal (700 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Through the years after Efferil was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Efferil's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Efferil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Erdan was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 140 pp. Peridot (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Coral (50 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his silver hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.