Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries with him a set of greataxes, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. Malachite (14 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has auburn hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Roger isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He uses divination through singing.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Thomas took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He carries a battered spear and tarnished flail as well. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Military, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).