Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a red coat with white slacks. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moss agate (12 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Rose (20 gp). Jet (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of warhammers, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has shaved his head bald. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a Performer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He got into the Performer business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jet (40 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His red hair is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He uses divination through singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aust was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Dilettante. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). Jet (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.