Description: He wears an entirely blue suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. After coming to the age of reason, Alston took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Jet (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born in the west. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He has no hair. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He tends to his Sellsword job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30 pp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He became a Miner soon after.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 15000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His white fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are copper and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 230 pp. Sard (80 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.