Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His hair is long and black with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 5000 cp. Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Shipwright. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the north to a Shipwright, Pennie learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shipwright. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her silver crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Hillanot was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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 brother; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden pearl (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a very tight haircut. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Interpreter born in the past three hundred years. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Interpreter responsibilities is difficult; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her whip with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has moderate length silver hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gifted student she started as a Beggar, but she got bored and became a Mayor. She tends to her Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 60 pp.