Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a white vest and prefers pastel and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the north to a Mason, Nil learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was taken from his home at a very young age. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Slave, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 170 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 5 Acid flasks.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born in a small island village. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. Her dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a black broad hat and black clothes. She has chestnut hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: Vanchu is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 230 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp).