Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his chestnut hair up. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Gilbert was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. 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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Shoemaker profession.

History: Nurkara was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She tends to her Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor, and he perpetually has his spear ready. His white hair is knotted and matted. He has green eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a green coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Gargax wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 south. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This southern woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 320 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).