Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His auburn hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Ploughman, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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 north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 90 pp. Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a red vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is cut short. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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 used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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 with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Butcher. He sports a flattop hair cut. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Simon's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.