Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of a Bricklayer, who enjoyed hunting, Rurik was taken on many hunting expeditions. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. Now he works as a poetry tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is physically well-built. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Enidda was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Doctor. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 110 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'3" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Jet (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Malachite (8 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His ears are large.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born in the west. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.