Description: He wears a green tunic with tan highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are red.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 24000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large violet jacket. He is physically well-built. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Banded agate (9 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available he will default to his mace. His hair is white and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Azurite (9 gp). White opal (900 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Jade (60 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor, and is pretty ugly. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Kyle hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has worked as a Gardener like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1500 pp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Rose (40 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with green slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'2" when asserting herself. Her silver hair is still thick. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: Bryseis speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Bryseis never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, In love. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Sard (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). White opal (700 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Clear bright green emerald (8000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.