Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Norman was born with his mother's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man tends to wear a large black jacket, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Beggar hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. 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: He's in love; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, marred by sweets. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His auburn hair is still thick. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).