Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and black tie. His hair is short and brown. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. 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: To unite with his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and wears a fancy tan suit. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ar-Beka is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Ar-Beka alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Ar-Beka was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: White pearl (100 gp). Sard (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a pastel small hat and pastel clothes and is in decent physical shape. He has styled his blue hair well, parting it to the left. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small pastel hat.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His brown hair is cut short. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is content; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp.