Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. 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 hair is brown and very short. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

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. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, PTSD, Addict, Racist. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His black hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Lance hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He got into the Mercenary business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born in the north. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Blue quartz (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: This man wears a fancy brown suit, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Nicholas is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.