Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a Painter, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 30 pp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'6" and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His tied-back hair is brown. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gunter isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He has achieved small success as a Shipwright.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, 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 wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gifted student he started as a Butcher, but he got bored and became a Server. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Job, Religious, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 48000 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears bulky black painted plate armor. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp.