Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

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. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Coral (80 gp).

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. He is portly but not overly obese. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mortician business.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears baggy green pantaloons and a red scarf. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Simon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Simon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has no hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He takes great joy in being the best Apothecary in town.

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. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has brown eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.