Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Standing 4'7", this woman wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Murgen abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his left side. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ribbles is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Ombul was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ombul's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Healer’s kit.