Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Rich, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 160 pp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This man dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with brown slacks. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished mace as well. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Peren lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with his Mayor mother left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 500 gp. Iolite (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Lamlis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west to a Locksmith, Lamlis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 60000 cp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).