Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple grey robe with blue stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is knotted and matted. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Locksmith.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). Jet (50 gp). Sard (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born to a Barrister, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fletcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Efferil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a simple pastel robe with black stripes complete with hood. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Crown-heir business.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has worked as a Crown-heir like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak, and carries bastard swords. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Traki 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... On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in the north to a Blacksmith, Traki learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Traki was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Blacksmith. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp). Jet (120 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.