Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Riardon speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is an amazing painter.

History: The child of a Interpreter, who enjoyed hunting, Riardon was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He tends to his Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Caeldrim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2800 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and elven compassion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: An older man who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Caeldrim will drive conversation. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Caeldrim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born in the south to a Beggar, Koeth learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Koeth 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. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1700 gp.