Description: He is a mite stocky and is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His silver hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

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

Possessions: 500 gp. White pearl (110 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Jade (110 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp).

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her crest is scarlet and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Eye agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Jade (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears professional attire, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and doesn't want to be a cartwright and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sage, marred by teas. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thea grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Thea. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are silver.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in the north to a Crown-heir, Paymon learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 Crown-heir. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Crown-heir for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.