Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His brown hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 east. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 sp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Laborer. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

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 motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in the north. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 sp. Azurite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs and is in decent physical shape. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hugh grew up listening to his father's many stories. Hugh abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. The war was a terrible time for him, and Anselm does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Anselm lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 19000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).

Description: He wears baggy black pantaloons and a blue scarf. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His silver hair is long and unkept. His eyes are green.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A freak accident while working with his Engraver father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.