Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is portly but not overly obese. His beige fur is unkempt and raggedy. His copper eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Jade was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cartwright. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 22000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kithri will drive conversation. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. 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 Priest. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Priest and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He has moderate length black hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is an amazing painter.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. A gifted student he started as a Beggar, but he got bored and became a Merchant. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Half-Plate.