Description: He stands about 6'0" and wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is lengthy. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His first spouse was a Priest, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Norman was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to be a dilettante again

Flaws: Insomniac, Sensitive, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears professional attire. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. A true patriot, Patrick would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. 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 Crown-heir. He struck the Crown-heir job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bookbinder but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Randal was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Dyer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.