Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. He is portly but not overly obese. He has moderate length silver hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: Wants to work out more often; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Smoky quartz (20 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His bronze crest is knotted and matted. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. After a long history of fighting, Nykkan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he usually wears his green robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Beggar but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3100 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a blue coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is an amazing painter.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.