Description: A 6'8" western man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His silver crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his scarlet crest in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He uses divination through singing.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nykkan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 7000 gp. Emerald (500 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Amber (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man is typically in his Healer uniform. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black crest, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in the south to a Healer, Arjhan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Healer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Performer again.

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, grey cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his blue hair up. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Juliana was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp).