Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His face is scarred and worn.

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 kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a Sellsword first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 Sellsword. He struck the Sellsword job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Slave. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is black and curly. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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 he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Rose (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Azurite (4 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears green trousers with black and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Heian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 pp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His tied-back hair is auburn. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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: To unite with his brother; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 30000 cp. Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).