Description: This man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. He has no hair. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1800 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Fivin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull violet iron scale mail. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Amber (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears just a black suit. He wears his red hair up. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Soveliss has worked very hard to control his curse. 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 is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.