Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Sensitive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 180 pp. Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Zircon (30 gp).

Description: This man dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Lamlis was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1100 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He has moderate length silver hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Gennal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Servant, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. After a long history of fighting, Gennal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Malachite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and clubs. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears long strands of jet and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 pp.