Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Percival was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are green and beady.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Marshal but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Solomon was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Marshal. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has black hair. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Richard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Richard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. He has red hair. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ernest was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a blue costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.