Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He got into the Actor business at a young age. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is content

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears dull grey sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scythe, just in case. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miller. He tends to his Miller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and expand his business

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 210 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has shaved his head bald. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Efferil 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... Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Efferil grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Efferil. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. He has amber eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He tends to his Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and balancing his hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the west to a Unemployed, Galinndan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has achieved small success as a Unemployed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.