Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and violet pants. He has no hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 40 pp. Black opal (500 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'5". He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. Banded agate (14 gp). Jet (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Star ruby (700 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the west to a Architect, Anastrianna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is long and unkept. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A gifted student he started as a Scribe, but he got bored and became a Knight. He became a Knight soon after.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Map Maker. Recently the stress of being a Map Maker has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to be a sellsword again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.