Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Arannis was born with his mother's beautiful face. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Baker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Sage, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. White opal (1200 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. He has wavy blonde hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the south to a Mayor, Mindartis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1500 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple black robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Being a Healer 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: Money/treasure; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 pp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp).

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has no hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Efferil 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 obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the south to a Carter, Efferil learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Carter for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 pp. Eye agate (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.