Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Ernest was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 4 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Smokesticks. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. 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 sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, red shirt, and tan tie. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Money/treasure; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He has brown eyes and a yellow hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Butcher. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Diggory studied abroad. He found a children's book about a Human Sorcerer 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. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears just a violet suit. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2800 sp.