Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his right side. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a Sage first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Efferil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Mentor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 4'10" southern man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his red hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Erevan isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Erevan was born the youngest of three triplets. His childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 sp. Star ruby (1400 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Amber (150 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a pastel vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his pastel boots flare out at the collars. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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 is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1600 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a black shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. He has moderate length blonde hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. 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 Bather. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to be a soapmaker again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.