Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a sage again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is typically in his Actor uniform. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He has blue eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Koeth was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Shipwright, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Nutae was born with his father's beautiful face. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 180 pp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is long and unkept. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Aerdeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has blue eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Iolite (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.