Description: He is in excellent shape and tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His crest is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for him, and Shamash 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. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 80000 cp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has wavy auburn hair. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Bucklal 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a pastel vest and prefers blue and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He sports a flattop fur cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

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. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. He wears his purple hair up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born in the south to a Mason, Xappan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Adrie alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Geoffrey was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He tends to his Navigator job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Banker

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

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bilbron grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bilbron. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.