Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now owns his own business.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 pp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. After months of barely getting by, Heian managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze, marred by teas. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Aust was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Rose (70 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp).