Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 18000 sp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is short and auburn. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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, Aerdeth is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aerdeth grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 pp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Born in the east to a Bellfounder, Laucian learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. After a long history of fighting, Laucian and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.