Description: This late middle aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Laucian 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1200 gp. Coral (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'7" and wears tattered old clothes. He has no hair. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Himo speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and is pretty ugly. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Through the years after Heian was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Heian's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1400 gp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Malachite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Nature, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His black hair is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Berrian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Sensitive, Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.