Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Heward is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. 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; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rose (50 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Superior lock. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: He stands about 5'7" and dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Healer born in the past three hundred years. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Healer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. White opal (700 gp). Rose (20 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has golden hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gomory grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: An older man who wears just a black suit, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Cory enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His first spouse was a Painter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Cory was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Dilettante but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.