Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears dull red sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scythe, just in case. His black hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hugh studied abroad. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist, Disease. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Amber (120 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'6". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is a Carter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His first spouse was a Slave Trader, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He struck the Carter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, marred by sweets. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bernard studied abroad. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 Dyer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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 in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 north. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shoemaker and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Amethyst (130 gp).