Description: He stands about 5'5" and wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Cressel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available she will default to her ceremonial dagger. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Carter, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Silk rope.