Description: This tall, slender man is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He has white hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. In his 17th 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 has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Detective they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Masseuse, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Masseuse and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She wears a fancy white dress. She carries a battered spear and tarnished shortbow as well. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy cinnamon fur. She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a hunchback. She wears her cinnamon fur up. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Shadow speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).