Description: A 3'1" northern man, he wears a red vest and prefers white and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gildmak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gildmak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gildmak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has black crest. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Pijjirik is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Shipwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He wears his lavender fur up. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Actor. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His gray fur is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are copper.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Fragrant lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with his Actor mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

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

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His crest is cut close to his head. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. In his youth he was a Server, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. 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 to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 230 pp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. 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 is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. 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 used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Malachite (8 gp).

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her brown hair up. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1200 gp. Jet (80 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He wears his chestnut hair up. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: Halimath hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Halimath was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a fancy green dress. Her crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Jezean was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Jezean took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 pp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp).