Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a great chef.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Beggar mother left him crippled. 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: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 900 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Raer fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 180 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Revenge; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

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. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Theren was born the youngest of three triplets. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1100 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).