Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Theren was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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 was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1100 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 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 dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Berrian was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears just a grey suit, marred by sweets. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 32000 sp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Rose (70 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Jet (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 north. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and doesn't want to be a sage and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Rose (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Major magic item.