Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 110 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a brown collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 cp. Jasper (20 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on her torso and is in decent physical shape. Her scarlet crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Arava was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Arava's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to be a beggar again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 20 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Jillian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman wears a blue coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She sports black long hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has moderate length white hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. He has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is a Sage first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 Sage. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Actor again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and yellow handkerchief worn on her left side. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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, Veit is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 120 gp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp).