Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Disease, Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gray eyes and a yellow hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fletcher.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a laborer again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses like a well dressed Layabout does. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Layabout. He tends to his Layabout job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Stylist again.

Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Manfred is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is an amazing painter.

History: Manfred was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.