Description: This tall, slender man wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Merchant. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Thervan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 pp. Pink pearl (80 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Jet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Riardon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50000 cp. Peridot (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tattered old clothes, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Butcher, but he got bored and became a Shepherd. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Nutae never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a white coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He has no hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He got into the Performer business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).