Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears long strands of emerald and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gray eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a simple tan robe with black stripes complete with hood, marred by teas. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Traki took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Traki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Secretive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing a long, pastel cloak. His red fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Healer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Tricking abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Healer and was forced into it by his family; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 17000 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jade (160 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Veloptima liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 32000 sp. White pearl (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'2" southern man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He wears his orange fur down. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 130 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: Standing 6'0", this man wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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, Paymon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 25000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

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. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born in the west. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat, and carries kukris. Her gold crest, when down, is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Amethyst (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'1" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is content; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.