Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Shane reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp).

Description: He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Balimaar grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. Silver ewer (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp.