Description: He is lean but muscular and wears bulky green painted plate armor. His hair is silver and very short. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Alexandrite (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and red handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is long and golden with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small pastel clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He likes to wear grey tank tops with white pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and greatswords. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Erevan took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Being a Bounty Hunter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mason. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Theriatis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Theriatis. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Quarion speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has achieved small success as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.