Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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, Rael is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His head has been shaved. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in the north. Pallabar was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Painter. 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. Pallabar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Roland and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 sp. Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Amber (70 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is typically in his Apothecary uniform. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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 south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Paelias was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.