Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a great chef.

History: Umpen hails from a village terrorized by giants. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. 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: Many giants want him driven away; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 sp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. He has no hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Vani is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Through the years after Vani was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Vani's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. Jet (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a large white jacket. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Coral (60 gp).