Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Howard enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Layabout, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Mortician like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is blonde and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Irann hails from a village terrorized by orcs. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Irann alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a farmer again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 sp. Golden pearl (90 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Merchant profession.

History: She was born into a rich family. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a merchant again

Bonds: Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Iolite (80 gp).