Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (7 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Thamior's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Thamior enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Banded agate (16 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze, and carries clubs. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born into a rich family. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears long strands of amber and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). 1 Major magic item.