Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and sickles. His golden hair is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. The war was a terrible time for him, and Paggen does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp).

Description: She wears a black collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She carries with her a set of whips, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Gaaki was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'4" western man, he sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Varis is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 Shipwright. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 sp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Mella was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 pp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). White pearl (70 gp).