Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has moderate length brown hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Erdan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

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 married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Aust was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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 wants to meet his childhood hero; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He is an epitome of beauty. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are blue and catlike.

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. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heian. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1200 gp. Blue sapphire (400 gp). Iolite (40 gp).

Description: This man wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is always cut to a buzz. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Adran speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Adran was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Adran decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 35000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.