Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears bulky red painted plate armor. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Through the years after Nicholas was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Nicholas's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Nicholas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 cp. Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears dull pastel sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scythe, just in case. His hair is black and curly. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He struck the Bather job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 pp. Eye agate (9 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 auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Paelias is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Paelias lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He usually wears his grey robe and has his whip always slung over his shoulder. His hair is red and curly. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a great chef.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 160 gp. Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His crest, while still mostly gold, has prominent grey streaks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 gp.