Description: This southern man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of a Shipwright, who enjoyed hunting, Theriatis was taken on many hunting expeditions. His childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who very much looks the part of a Blacksmith. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Nutae hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his youth he was a Brewer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears skinny pants and wears a violet and brown robe with the hood down. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Heian is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 Map Maker. He became a Map Maker soon after.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a black broad hat and black clothes. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Berrian grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 50000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.