Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ernest grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Cory enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Peridot (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Banded agate (15 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is white and very short. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Simon grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Simon. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her lance with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 sp.