Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is short and golden. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 13. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal (1400 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Mentor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10000 sp. Red spinel (110 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Efferil was born the youngest of three triplets. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. After a long history of fighting, Efferil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 90000 cp. A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His black hair is knotted and matted. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Traki lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student he started as a Architect, but he got bored and became a Fletcher. He struck the Fletcher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Job, Debt. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears professional attire. His hair is red and very short. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Lucan hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 900 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.