Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Frederick is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Frederick was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents and is in decent physical shape. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Kyle hails from a village terrorized by brigands. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Kyle was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3100 sp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a fancy yellow suit. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished hand crossbow as well. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with his Shoemaker mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a morningstar on his belt. His hair is brown and curly. He has brown eyes and a grey hat with a blue feather.

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 is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Dustin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 south. He's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Body Guard again.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp).