Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Rich, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a red armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a Shipwright, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Religious, Slave, Poor, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Naeris was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Through the years after Naeris was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Naeris's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 8000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

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. He receives visions of the future at random moments

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. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a Detective, his father struggled to pay the bills. Uthemar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. After a long history of fighting, Uthemar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.