Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. The war was a terrible time for her, and Brakka does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her childhood dream was to be a Body Guard, but she was a colossal failure. 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: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull red iron scale mail, and carries sais. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver pearl (110 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Melissa grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Melissa. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.