Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a simple pastel robe with white stripes complete with hood. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. 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 Knight. 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: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a white cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A freak accident while working with his Detective father left him crippled. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to protect his home

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 8000 sp. Zircon (70 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Arannis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Arannis is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Carrie hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Fearful, Secretive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1600 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp).