Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She has a hunchback. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered brigands who tried to eat her hand. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Igden was born with his mother's beautiful face. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2200 sp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His brown hair is braided into rings. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student he started as a Bookbinder, but he got bored and became a Blacksmith. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Banded agate (5 gp).

Description: This northern woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has brown hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Helen was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears black trousers with red and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Engraver who has hired her part-time. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Tomph was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tomph decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 gp.