Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are gray and beady.

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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Justin reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. 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 is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Jet (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time and is in decent physical shape. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Crown-heir business.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'5" and wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Jet (110 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and blue tie, marred by teas. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.