Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a hunchback. He has wavy black hair. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 24000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Althaea was born the youngest of three triplets. Althaea was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Althaea decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 160 gp.