Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a brown collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Architect born in the past three hundred years. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Architect responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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: Rimple hails from a village terrorized by giants. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Kali is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His black hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Morkral is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She usually wears her pastel robe and has her shortbow always slung over her shoulder. She carries a battered greataxe and tarnished shortbow as well. Her yellow fur is braided into rings. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Sard (60 gp).