Description: This slender man stands about 4'10". He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in the south to a Knight, Mindartis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 240 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Sard (20 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He became a Bather soon after.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and expand his business

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is content

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1200 pp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

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. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born into a rich family. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mason and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Moss agate (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.