Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 88. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Gifted from a young age, Beiro studied abroad. 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 Banker. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again.

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Chalcedony (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is white and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

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 loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Paelias lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a brown vest and prefers tan and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. Theren is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Theren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Sard (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Sard (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Peridot (80 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has no hair. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 17th 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 left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver ewer (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. At some point he was captured by giants and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Varis was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.