Description: This younger middle-aged man is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, brown shirt, and green tie, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Amber (150 gp). Sard (30 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Sage business.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. 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. Efferil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Eye agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Jet (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 gp.