Description: He is a husky man, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Ahvain enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Hedonist. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dull violet sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. He carries with him a set of pickaxes, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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, Peren is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. A gifted student he started as a Tanner, but he got bored and became a Sellsword. He has achieved small success as a Sellsword.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'2", this man wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Halimath lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.