Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a simple pastel robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is long and unkept. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Umpen was taken on many hunting expeditions. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Rose (50 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'5" eastern man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

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. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has achieved small success as a Body Guard.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a blue tunic with grey highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 pp. Peridot (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his brown hair up. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His first spouse was a Bather, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease, Cynical, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp).