Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has shaved his head bald. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Naill is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Naill grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp).

Description: He wears dull green sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sword, just in case. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and flails. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Dyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Nim hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fletcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fletcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Being a Fletcher 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: Expand his business; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 9000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, violet shirt, and green tie. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1600 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rose (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top blue hat.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Rael lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 gp.