Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Orryn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an entirely green suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is cut close to his head. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Mantus is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 70 pp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her blue hair is knotted and matted. Her half smiles and white eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Manea hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 120 pp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a hunchback. She has black hair. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This northern man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His clothes are grease stained in places. His yellow fur is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in the north. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 340 gp.