Description: This tall, slender man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is cut close to his head. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Burto was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 160 gp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Tanner business.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He stands about 4'11" and wears blue trousers with pastel and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His head has been shaved. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a green costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

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. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Baker. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 sp.