Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a Stableman, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smoker's lung

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

Description: He stands about 5'2" and is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, green shirt, and blue tie. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Naal is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Iolite (60 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'7". He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and his gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a white costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). White pearl (60 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants, and carries scimitars. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in the south to a Stylist, Riardon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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. Being a Stylist 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new stylist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).