Description: This western man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Baker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting brigands, the young Erevan began to lead the lost caravan. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20000 sp. Moonstone (30 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His chestnut hair is still thick. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Efferil is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60000 cp. Moonstone (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Koeth 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 Koeth. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stylist.

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: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1200 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Amber (160 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jet (160 gp).