Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fancy pastel suit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Chad was born with his father's beautiful face. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. White pearl (80 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Henry was born the youngest of three triplets. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A 5'11" western man, he is wearing a long, green cloak. His head has been shaved. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His first spouse was a Engraver, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 44000 sp. Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is long and golden with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Nicholas was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nicholas alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a yellow tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Conrad was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Conrad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Red garnet (90 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Jade (90 gp).