Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a blue shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver ewer (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This northern man wears an entirely blue suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Bather first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bather. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bather.

Motivation: To be a Locksmith again; and balancing his hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Rose (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Sard (70 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'1" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. During his travels, Hugh and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Hugh discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Hugh fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson pastel hat.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cook profession.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Dilettante and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.