Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he very much looks the part of a Ruler. His head has been shaved. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 war was a terrible time for him, and Rolen does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He got into the Ruler 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 Ruler. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2900 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He very much looks the part of a Junk Dealer. His hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small pastel clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Junk Dealer. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 has worked as a Junk Dealer like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 260 pp. Banded agate (4 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He usually wears his black robe and has his morningstar always slung over his shoulder, marred by sweets. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At some point he was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he has a crush on the local cook

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jet (110 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears professional attire. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Himo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1400 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'4" when asserting himself. He has no hair. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is a Cartwright first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cartwright.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.