Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a great chef.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Roland has worked very hard to control his curse. 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's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His head has been shaved. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'7". He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sai. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Butcher business.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp).

Description: This man wears just a black suit. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is short and auburn. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Military, In love, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp.