Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a fancy green suit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Kody was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Kody was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kody decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Painter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: Roland was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His white hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rolf studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is long and unkept. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ralf does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Ralf was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ralf's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.