Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears just a pastel suit. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Aelar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with his Marshal mother left him crippled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. In his 14th 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Hedonist, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.