Description: This younger middle-aged man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: Aerdeth hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He uses divination through singing.

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. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Red garnet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'2" eastern man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely green suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Paelias was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spice Merchant. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with pastel slacks. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

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 would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, PTSD. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.