Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Adam hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2600 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tattered old clothes. He has no crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. His gray fur is greasy and uncared for. This yellow eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Elegant was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40000 cp. Star ruby (500 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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. He wears his brass crest up. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).