Description: 6'4" and muscular, this eastern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Shane was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 21000 sp. A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 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 faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His brass crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Rhogar was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mason. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Disease, Depressed, Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Theriatis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 pp.