Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 pp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 4'7" northern man, he wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. 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. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Varis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Varis. He has achieved small success as a Cartwright.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3100 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). White opal (400 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears skinny pants and wears a green and blue robe with the hood down. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with his Glassblower father left him crippled. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 900 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.