Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is an amazing painter.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. 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: Regain custody of his daughter.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 30 pp. Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Percival hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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 content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp.