Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 800 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body and is in decent physical shape. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 900 gp. Red spinel (160 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: A 5'3" southern man, he is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His first spouse was a Map Maker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 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.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Thervan is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Thervan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Jasper (20 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and falchions. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Lucan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Lucan was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Lucan decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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 has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 210 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp).