Description: This eastern man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Traki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a large grey jacket. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and grey handkerchief worn on his right side, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Herbalist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the west to a Herbalist, Heian learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He struck the Herbalist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of flails, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His white hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Theren was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Through the years after Theren was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Theren's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Being a Doctor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 sp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and black handkerchief worn on his right side. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Eiravel enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eiravel studied abroad. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eiravel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Moss agate (6 gp).