Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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 work out more often; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 pp. Banded agate (13 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Black opal (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: Dayereth lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.