Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. His red crest is unkempt and raggedy. He has red eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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: He was born at the edge of vast plains. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has dyed his greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Five was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: 6'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tan trousers with grey and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His fur is yellow and curly. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Shivering was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His fur is brown and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Fragrant was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.