Description: An older man who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, he is not a threatening figure. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gardain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Solid gold idol (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her nunchaku with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 7000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Rose (50 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). White opal (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. She has taken up work as a Mason and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 gp. Canary diamond (6000 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Sard (50 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Secretive, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Coral (110 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Sard (30 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Jet (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. He has no hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shepherd. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He has green eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

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. A gifted student he started as a Mortician, but he got bored and became a Actor. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Actor for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with blue slacks, and carries rapiers. He has wavy blonde hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Tourmaline (110 gp). Rose (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). White opal (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).