Description: A 5'2" northern man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His tied-back hair is black. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Ar-Beka speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with a cold

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

Description: Standing 6'2", this man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He uses divination through singing.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He keeps his rusty crest in a flapper bob. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His ears are large.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 cp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She has a very tight haircut. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Sardonyx (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats, he is not a threatening figure. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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. 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: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp. Zircon (40 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and white pants. She has a hunchback. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His gold crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1300 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.