Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple grey robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a Blacksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Peridot (70 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 wracked by social anxiety; and tabaxi compassion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Fearful, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Coral (50 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: This northern man prefers to wear flannel. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his white hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He usually wears his tan robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Selfish, Mundane. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).