Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has no hair. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Marbas was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Marbas decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After months of barely getting by, Marbas managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to be a bowyer again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: This man wears a green vest and prefers white and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has wavy silver crest. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Servant, but he got bored and became a Butcher. He tends to his Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and expand his business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 43000 sp.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this southern man typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an entirely brown suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a Navigator, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers white and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is red and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Himo will drive conversation. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This woman wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is blue and very short. His silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 17000 sp. White pearl (110 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Hematite (5 gp).