Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His chestnut hair is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a black vest and prefers red and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She sports chestnut long hair. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. 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: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 11000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears skinny pants and wears a grey and blue robe with the hood down. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She 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 wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 23000 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1900 pp. Eye agate (5 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gunter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Gunter has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jet (100 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Jet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a worn and beaten armor. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She hates Dwarves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born in the east. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. She tends to her Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Coral (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'5" and muscular, this northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gerbo was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.