Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks. He has a hunchback. He has white hair. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (12 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Conrad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and usually wears his grey robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. He has a very tight haircut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Raymond lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (14 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

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 great chef.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Map Maker.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing her hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.