Description: He usually wears his yellow robe and has his spear always slung over his shoulder, and he perpetually has his spear ready. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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 mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 140 pp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Jade (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His hair is auburn and very short. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 9. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is short and auburn. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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 now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain 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. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a great chef.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Butcher mother left him crippled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 600 gp. Iolite (50 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Sard (50 gp).