Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a fancy yellow suit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Merihim grew up listening to his father's many stories. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 sp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. He became a Crown-heir soon after.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp).

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

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His first spouse was a Cartwright, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Cartwright they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Beggar, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Violet garnet (1100 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He keeps his long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. He has red hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (15 gp).