Description: He wears a blue tunic with black highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vanuath fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 900 pp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his red hair up. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 pp. Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Crown-heir and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. 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 takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Peren is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Peren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Sard (80 gp).