Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: A 4'10" eastern man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Raer hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered gnolls who tried to eat his hand. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 sp. Moss agate (14 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Bookbinder. His black hair is long and unkept. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 7000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Paelias was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Slave Trader, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 60000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a black vest and prefers white and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1200 gp.