Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has moderate length red hair. He has gray eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: Erdan is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Erdan 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 Erdan. Being a Painter 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: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He comes from a rich western family. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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 terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (120 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Azurite (13 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His childhood dream was to be a Butcher, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Seamstress job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and balancing his hectic life and new seamstress responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his black hair down. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 80 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.