Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cook profession.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

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

Possessions: 900 pp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and carries longswords. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Berrian is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Berrian lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: The child of a Map Maker, who enjoyed hunting, Soveliss was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.