Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sai, just in case. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Dyer who has hired him part-time. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 Sailor. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Body Guard born in the past three hundred years. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the east. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. A true patriot, Frederick would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tan shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 east. 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 is greedy; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp).