Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He is physically well-built. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His copper eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man wears a simple green robe with grey stripes complete with hood. He has white hair. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears long strands of emerald and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his red crest in a flapper bob. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with his Dyer mother left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is greedy

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 pp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears dark leathers with embroidery, he is not a threatening figure. His brass crest is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red 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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He has styled his black crest well, parting it to the left. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

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. Greethen was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Glassblower. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.