Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: This southern man wears a green cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair is still thick. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 an amazing painter.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 5'11" eastern man, he wears a yellow shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Everard hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born in the east to a Barber, Ernest learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His tied-back hair is silver. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Henry is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. 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 sister; and to be a bather again

Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 8000 sp.