Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Percival was born with his mother's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spy hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

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.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has shaved his head bald. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Miles grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Miles. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: An older man who dresses like a well dressed Ruler does, he is not a threatening figure. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ruler responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Onyx (50 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is long and unkept. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is obsessed with his god.

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. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Aldous never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.