Description: 6'5" and muscular, this western man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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 wracked by social anxiety; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Smokesticks. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is dressed in an above average manner. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is long and red with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Gifted from a young age, Reynard studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Jeweler. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Jet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of shields, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Engraver. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Mary lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Spice Merchant, but she got bored and became a Engraver. She tends to her Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).