Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tan small hat and tan clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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 son.

History: Raer hails from a village terrorized by giants. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Knight. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Jet (150 gp). Sard (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a hunchback. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Heian enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heian lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Servant, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Rose (80 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.