Description: This man is very fat, and wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: Laucian is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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-brother.

History: Laucian was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Coral (150 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an entirely tan suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and carries quarterstaffs. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. A true patriot, Valanthe would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Valanthe was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valanthe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 11000 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Sard (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Jet (150 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Amber (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jade (150 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Blossom lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Stableman, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1300 pp. Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

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

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich western family. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Architect arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 8000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 11000 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Sard (60 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).