Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He usually wears his black robe and has his glaive always slung over his shoulder. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bookbinder who has hired him part-time. He is an amazing painter.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is cut short. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Heian hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting brigands, the young Heian began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. His black hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. 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: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a club on his belt. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Galinndan 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... He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Galinndan reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he's in love

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 pp.