Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 900 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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: Gifted from a young age, Efferil studied abroad. 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 Stableman. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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 wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Nim was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nim alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nim was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears just a tan suit. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 pp. Citrine (60 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Amber (120 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Varis hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Varis was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.