Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has a hunchback. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Charles is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Jet (130 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is physically well-built. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

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 was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His golden hair is cut short. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Engraver. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gerald was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Buckler. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp.