Description: This western man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has auburn hair. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. After coming to the age of reason, Beiro took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 130 pp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Amber (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears baggy red pantaloons and a grey scarf. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. 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: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Aerdeth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Aerdeth abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 900 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Adran embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).