Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Erdan was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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 greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sard (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has shaved his head bald. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the east to a Navigator, Ahvain learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Navigator and was forced into it by his family; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: Ahvain lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a brown shirt with thin white vertical stripes and red pants. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shepherd who has hired him part-time. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. He struck the Shepherd job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.