Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. 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: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A 6'8" northern man, he wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing a long, white cloak. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has no hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Layabout. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His dark red hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20 pp. Onyx (20 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His fur is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.