Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is long and white with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Orryn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the west. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He tends to his Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Balam was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Priest. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Priest.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

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

Possessions: 1700 sp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp).

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this southern man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Joker. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a brown vest and prefers violet and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His copper crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 250 pp.