Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An older man who wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his gold crest well, parting it to the left. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nykkan's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 170 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and is pretty ugly. His fur, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His first spouse was a Bounty Hunter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She usually wears her tan robe and has her quarterstaff always slung over her shoulder. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a white tunic with red highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is silver and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Damien was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp.