Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He worked as a nervous Carpenter and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Carpenter for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new carpenter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (4 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in earthy colors with a green and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 17000 sp. Eye agate (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears just a blue suit. He has moderate length red hair. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is afraid of men and trembles around them

History: Uthemar hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Deep green spinel (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.