Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His red crest is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Painter like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (90 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His white hair is still thick. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown fur is greasy and uncared for. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. 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 got into the Marshal business at a young age. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Marshal for the past few years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a very tight haircut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Banker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Naeris was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. After a long history of fighting, Tiaathque and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Holy water. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses like a well dressed Blacksmith does. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Blacksmith. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He keeps his red fur in a flapper bob. His ears are large.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. 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 is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2900 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Sard (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.