Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a brown vest and prefers black and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His fur is red and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with yellow slacks. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Balimaar is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90 gp. Jet (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Nirgel was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished axe as well. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has achieved small success as a Ploughman.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has blue eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: Gennal speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Ruler kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp.