Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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 music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. After a long history of fighting, Manfred and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30000 cp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Amber (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she usually wears her red robe and has her scythe always slung over her shoulder. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Geva was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Geva decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp. Fire opal (700 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Reynard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. 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 will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is physically well-built. Her brown hair is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Being born in the east, 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 east 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. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a fletcher and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Jade (140 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp).