Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has white hair. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Kellen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: This woman sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her red hair up. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Amber (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Lerissa was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Lerissa decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (15 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He keeps his white fur in a pixie cut. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Tree was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and doesn't want to be a scribe and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).