Description: This slender man stands about 4'9". He wears an entirely violet suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Nicholas was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length brown fur. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has a crush on the local hunter

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her nunchaku with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a hunchback. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born in the east. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 cp. Silver pearl (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with pastel slacks. She has no fur. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Shivering was born the youngest of three triplets. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.