Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. His black hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. The war was a terrible time for him, and Quarion does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He tends to his Cartwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman and is in decent physical shape. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His first spouse was a Barrister, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Barrister they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Guard, and he later adopted a second son.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.