Description: This southern man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Guard. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He's also a talented Engraver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Sard (70 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Rose (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Navigator and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Navigator for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). White pearl (160 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Shane does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He has wavy blonde hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Richard was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He carries with him a set of sickles, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Gifted from a young age, Bertram studied abroad. 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. After a long history of fighting, Bertram and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Blue sapphire (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.