Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Gennal has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2500 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Nim's homeland. Nim decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.