Description: He stands about 3'1" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his black hair down. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is a Shipwright first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Onyx (60 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his yellow robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20000 cp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a grey tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His ears are large.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: A 5'9" southern man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Solomon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1500 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.