Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Theren was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jade (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Korfel is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Dyer. He is physically well-built. He has brown hair. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Traki enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Dyer. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears just a red suit. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Red garnet (60 gp).