Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Blacksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Jeweler, but he was a colossal failure. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60 pp. Jet (140 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Thamior 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: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His first spouse was a Roofer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Jade (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, tan shirt, and black tie, and carries longbows. His white hair is singed and shortened. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rael fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rose (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eiravel grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 gp.