Description: This younger middle-aged man wears bulky black painted plate armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has brown eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. After coming to the age of reason, Erdan took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, Erdan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Koeth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he is wearing a long, green cloak. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Tharivol hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Tharivol has worked very hard to control his curse. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brown hair is lengthy. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 62. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Quarion and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 11000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He has brown hair. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He got into the Architect business at a young age. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 struck the Architect job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.