Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He is physically well-built. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When Aerdeth reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 30000 cp. Citrine (60 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a simple pastel robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Theren is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Being a Knight 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 has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2400 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is blonde and very short. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Architect but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Theren was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 now owns his own business.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Blacksmith. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 900 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.