Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His head has been shaved. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. 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: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has blue eyes and a blue hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scythe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Gifted from a young age, Anthony studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Anthony took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His black hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Justin learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Through the years after Dean was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Dean's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.