Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. His brown hair is cut short. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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 was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is short and brown. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a white shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. He wears his golden hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Beiro is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Beiro lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 west. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).