Description: A 5'10" northern man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

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. A freak accident while working with his Bellfounder mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. She struck the Bather job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Everard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown cloak. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Norman hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Norman was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Guard. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.