Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Scribe. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy brown hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tattered old clothes. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Joker, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is short and blonde. He has amber eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Average lock. 1 Simple lock. 1 Crowbar.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. Red spinel (90 gp).