Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Orsik was born with his mother's beautiful face. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this eastern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Manfred was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Alexandrite (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a blue coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'4" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Azurite (12 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.