Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Barendd's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Barendd hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Barendd was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is knotted and matted. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp).

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this western man has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

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 was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants. His hair is red and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the north to a Soapmaker, Burgell learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 Soapmaker. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Sage again.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1200 gp.