Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Gerald alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Gerald was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch. 3 Thunderstones. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Jocelyn lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir father left him crippled. He struck the Barber job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a barber and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 18000 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in a small island village. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. After months of barely getting by, Conrad managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 9000 cp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and green handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gilbert grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gilbert. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1200 sp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp).