Description: This slender man stands about 4'7". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. After coming to the age of reason, Theren took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp).

Description: He wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished whip as well. He has moderate length red hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Uthemar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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 name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Carpenter profession.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Butcher for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Carpenter again.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Job, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Jet (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He has moderate length red hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the south to a Bookbinder, Azaki learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Impulsive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 pp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.