Description: Standing 5'7", this man wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a Barkeep first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Fortune-teller, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barkeep for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is physically well-built. He has a very tight haircut. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Beggar. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He uses divination through singing.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a falchion and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Gilbert was born with his mother's beautiful face. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is greedy

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp. Black opal (1400 gp). Iolite (80 gp). White opal (1400 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are amber and beady.

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 spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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. 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: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Holy water. 3 Tanglefoot bags.