Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is brown and very short. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black fur is knotted and matted. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. 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 feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 pp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Jade (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gifted student he started as a Mason, but he got bored and became a Bricklayer. He's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a worn and beaten armor. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kildrak studied abroad. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 390 gp. Jade (50 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is typically in his Guard uniform. He has wavy black crest. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Guard born in the past three hundred years. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He became a Guard soon after.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp).