Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ernest is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. 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 is greedy; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4 Holy water.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He wears his auburn hair down. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Anselm is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Born to a Sellsword, his father struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anselm fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 240 pp. Citrine (40 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is braided into rings. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: Raam lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 70000 cp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a simple grey robe with tan stripes complete with hood. She has slicked back auburn hair. She has gray eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Mardred is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp. Banded agate (13 gp).