Description: This tall, slender man wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available he will default to his bastard sword. His hair is short and brown. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple black robe with red stripes complete with hood. His hair is dark red and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Ekemon has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'6" and wears tattered old clothes. He has shaved his head bald. He has blue eyes.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

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. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He has violet eyes and a yellow hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He got into the Tanner business at a young age. 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 Tanner. He became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears long strands of sapphire and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His ears are large.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Actor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Obsidian (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has shaved his head bald. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Erias was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He tends to his Barrister job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing a long, pastel cloak. Her cinnamon fur is long and unkept. She has amber eyes and a pastel hat with a green feather.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 110 gp.