Description: A man of a pale complexion, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Cook born in the past three hundred years. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 40000 cp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born into a rich family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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 wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish, Greedy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Nutae was born with his father's beautiful face. He married young, but lost his spouse to brigands. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. He became a Dilettante soon after.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arannis 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 Arannis. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 pp. Iolite (20 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Jade (110 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).