Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Anselm 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 Anselm. After months of barely getting by, Anselm managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Red garnet (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. He has golden hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Lance is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tattered old clothes. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ahlyssa never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a grey coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She has black hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Melissa was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.