Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has moderate length white hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished hand crossbow as well. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Theren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the south to a Shepherd, Rolen learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. He has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 230 pp. Eye agate (7 gp). Rose (20 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Jade (100 gp). Hematite (7 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Naeris speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bowyer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the east to a Bowyer, Naeris learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He tends to his Bowyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Aquamarine (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tattered old clothes. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.