Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Masseuse born in the past three hundred years. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His red hair is cut short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available he will default to his glaive, and carries glaives. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Peren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. 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 Armorer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new armorer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Golden pearl (80 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He has brown hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 50 pp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.