Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Malachite (5 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a large brown jacket. He has moderate length black hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears black trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Sardonyx (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the east to a Dilettante, Lance learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He became a Dilettante soon after.

Motivation: To be a Locksmith again; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. 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 been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp.