Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He usually wears his black robe and has his bow always slung over his shoulder. His auburn hair is cut short. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a nunchaku on his belt, marred by sweets. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 sp.

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. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 16000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.