Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Fisher, but he got bored and became a Miner. He's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His head has been shaved. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a Apothecary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a great chef.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Nicholas was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Apothecary. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'0" and wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available he will default to his lance. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has no hair. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rolf fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Deep green spinel (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His silver hair is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Jade (60 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).