Description: This northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a yellow shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Antinua was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is an amazing painter.

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. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 80 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He comes from a rich western family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp).