Description: A 5'4" eastern man, he wears a brown top hat and brown clothes. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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-sister.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Baker. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Baker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 gp. Amber (100 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear flannel. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Robert is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Robert has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tattered old clothes. He has wavy silver hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Peter liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Miles's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of a Stableman, who enjoyed hunting, Miles was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Holy water. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has white hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

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. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp.