Description: This tall, slender man wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is a Performer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 41000 sp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Iolite (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing, marred by sweets. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Bertram 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. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is white and curly. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born to a Interpreter, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Alex 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 Alex. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available he will default to his trident. He is physically well-built. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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. He is an amazing painter.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.