Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His white hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 cp. Iolite (60 gp).

Description: This southern man is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is blonde and very short. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after John was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. John's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, John and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He has a tattooed face.

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 is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His psionic 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Tethren lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Sard (50 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears just a black suit. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 10000 sp. Tourmaline (70 gp).