Description: This dark-skinned male wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 pp. Moss agate (15 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Blue-white diamond (6000 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp).

Description: An older man who wears many layers of old clothing at all times, he is not a threatening figure. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has blue eyes.

Personality: Lamlis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Lamlis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Sard (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal (1100 gp). Jade (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).