Description: A middle-aged man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and is pretty ugly. His hair is cut close to his head. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Laucian lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rose (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. 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: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in a small plains village. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1300 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers green and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Raer enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Assassin. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1700 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.