Description: This man wears white trousers with grey and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born in the west to a Dilettante, Alex learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Alex and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To be a Doctor again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 42000 sp.

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'8". He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, and his gloved hand is found clutching a hand crossbow. His hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 35000 sp. Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'6". He is typically in his Animal Trainer uniform. His black hair is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Bernard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Bernard was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Bernard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has achieved small success as a Animal Trainer.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp.