Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has shaved his head bald. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 19000 sp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished sword as well. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1900 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thamior 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 Thamior. Being a Priest 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: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Depressed, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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-brother.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2600 gp. Coral (40 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: He is typically in his Mayor uniform. His chestnut hair is cut short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Ruler, but he got bored and became a Mayor. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mayor for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Emerald (500 gp).