Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 is greedy; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tattered old clothes. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and carries halberds. His beige fur is singed and shortened. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Depressed. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 280 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a green and white robe with the hood down. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to be a miner again

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. The war was a terrible time for him, and Mantus 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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her gray fur is still thick. She has yellow eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

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

Possessions: 100 pp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Coral (110 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At some point she was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Silver holy symbol.