Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. This white eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Mantus is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His gray fur is heavily combed to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ruler who has hired him part-time. Cask is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 would like to get married and retire; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull white iron scale mail. His hair is auburn and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roland studied abroad. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in the west. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Bryseis took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up morningstar and armor she uses now. She bought a morningstar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 2'10" and has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a very tight haircut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: Cora is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her first spouse was a Carter, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).