Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is portly but not overly obese. His tied-back hair is white. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears baggy black pantaloons and a pastel scarf. His bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 sp. Amber (150 gp).

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Crown-heir business.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears professional attire. His silver hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 sp.