Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Miner. His golden hair is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Miner. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and balancing his hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has no hair. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Brewer, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His golden hair is braided into rings. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Paelias alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He uses divination through singing.

History: Tharivol lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a dilettante and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a blue scarf. His golden hair is lengthy. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Raer speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 8000 sp. Moonstone (70 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp).