Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His red hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise blue.

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. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 230 pp. Carnelian (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: He is a Deep Scion in disguise. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears his golden hair down. He has gray eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears tattered old clothes, marred by sweets. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Rose (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: This man wears silk and lounges about seductively, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. The war was a terrible time for him, and Varis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hollow voice

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