Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A gifted student he started as a Junk Dealer, but he got bored and became a Mason. 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: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His white hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He got into the Butcher business at a young age. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He tends to his Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1400 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When Arannis reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star ruby (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Carrie lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, yellow shirt, and brown tie. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is brown and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.