Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His black hair is cut short. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Ûkshak is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Ûkshak was born the youngest of three triplets. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 80 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tan trousers with white and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a long, violet cloak. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ilanis is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His red hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).