Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

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. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). Rose (40 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire, and carries axes. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'2" northern man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

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. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Jocelyn was born the youngest of three triplets. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Simon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He got into the Brewer business at a young age. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He struck the Brewer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He has hazel eyes and a yellow hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Peter never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp).