Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He is physically well-built. His fur is black and curly. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. Tricking is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tricking fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 pp. Banded agate (6 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His tied-back hair is golden. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 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: Money/treasure; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1200 pp. Jasper (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Jet (120 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Coral (120 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Coral (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Amethyst (120 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tattered old clothes. Her blonde hair is cut short. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1800 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is typically in his Barrister uniform. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Pelaios was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 500 pp. 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his flail, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His first spouse was a Interpreter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Healer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 8000 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Moonstone (50 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.