Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 250 pp. Citrine (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tan Stetson hat and tan clothes. He has wavy white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60000 cp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Aerdeth was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aerdeth decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aerdeth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 90000 cp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. He has wavy golden hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Tharivol is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Erdan hails from a village terrorized by giants. Erdan liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.