Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. 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: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 180 pp. Zircon (40 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'10". He wears a violet costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Bellfounder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a hunchback. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2800 gp.