Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is auburn and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Dilettante. 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 he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'4" and muscular, this eastern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His head has been shaved. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. After a long history of fighting, Travok and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir mother left him crippled. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red spinel (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Jade (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Coral (60 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears just a black suit. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He comes from a rich western family. After coming to the age of reason, Braak took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He usually wears his red robe and has his sword always slung over his shoulder. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Slave Trader like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Marigold was born with her father's beautiful face. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Painter. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Has a crush, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this southern man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).