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 is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His gray fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. 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: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is white and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Skog wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Herbalist business.

History: Skog was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (70 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Peter abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, grey cloak. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has wavy golden hair. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 360 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a long, green cloak. Her green crest is thinning but still full. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is obsessed with her god.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Spy they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Tailor, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a spy again

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Family, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has blonde hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has achieved small success as a Armorer.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new armorer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 60 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Kilvar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Kilvar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He tends to his Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Disease, Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp).