Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears bulky black painted plate armor. His hair is long and silver with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Kyle took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a whip on his belt, and carries whips. He has shaved his head bald. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. He has a hunchback. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

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. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Peter was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a green coat with pastel slacks. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He found a children's book about a Human Aristocrat who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Shield.