Description: He is a husky man, who wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Taklinn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3200 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Jet (140 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a green scarf, and her gloved hand is found clutching a club. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length blue hair. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. A true patriot, Azza would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Gifted from a young age, Azza studied abroad. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30000 cp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her purple hair is thinning but still full. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a great chef.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.