Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Varis has worked very hard to control his curse. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy, Mundane, Disease. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand his business; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Amber (90 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: A 4'10" southern man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His auburn hair is cut short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Raer was born the youngest of three triplets. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and balancing his hectic life and new priest responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Coral (40 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

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 graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Halimath 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 Halimath. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.