Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears just a green suit. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Mantus was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Crown-heir. 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: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Skamos was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp. Fire opal (400 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 40000 sp. 1 Spyglass. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Good lock.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp).

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His purple hair is braided into rings. His black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Pelaios was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Doesn't want to be a Ruler and was forced into it by his family; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has slicked back blonde hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Faral lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is dressed in an above average manner, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his gold crest up. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shipwright born in the past three hundred years. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Srorthen was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 120 gp.