Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

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 dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Architect.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Architect responsibilities is difficult; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Sard (80 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is cut short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Heian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This western man typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the west to a Seamstress, Darrow learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When Darrow reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He tends to his Seamstress job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 pp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Rurik learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 140 gp. Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: 6'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a long, pastel cloak. He has rusty crest. His gold 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. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Quarethon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 110 pp.