Description: This late middle aged man wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. His hair is chestnut and very short. His brown 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 zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 gp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Rose (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Stableman who has hired him part-time. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Erias was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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 Stableman. He's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has a crush on the local stylist

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 43000 sp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Sard (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a green armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His silver hair is still thick. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Halander was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Halander's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Carpenter for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Carpenter responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.