Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair is cut short. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Mason mother left him crippled. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 7000 sp. Amethyst (130 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears long strands of sapphire and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and is pretty ugly. His hair is cut close to his head. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears professional attire. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Tanner born in the past three hundred years. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a pastel small hat and pastel clothes. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Varis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).