Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a red vest and prefers violet and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. 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, Howard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Emotional. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 21000 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Sard (50 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Amber (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Pink diamond (2000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Coral (140 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is cut close to her head. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Slave Trader mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a green shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and black pants. His crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He has worked as a Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Sard (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Shautha has worked very hard to control her curse. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His clothes are grease stained in places. His crest is copper and very short. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Glassblower job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His red crest, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amber (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her red crest, when down, is lengthy. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.