Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is cut short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an entirely black suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is black and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1200 pp. Jasper (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a pastel vest and prefers grey and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Aerdeth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has moderate length chestnut hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dreali was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1500 pp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Coral (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Rose (20 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears just a brown suit. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Naill grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Naill took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up axe and armor he uses now. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To be a Knight again; and he's looking for his big break

Bonds: Family, Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 gp.