Description: She likes to wear brown tank tops with white skirt, and she perpetually has her scythe ready. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Valida 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 Valida. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Extrovert. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He usually wears his brown robe and has his rapier always slung over his shoulder. He is portly but not overly obese. His head has been shaved. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the south to a Miner, Orsik learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Miner. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to be a slave trader again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has silver hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: She was born in a small forest village. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 50 gp. Jasper (70 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull green iron scale mail. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has moderate length brown hair. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Bertram was born with his father's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sellsword hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He tends to his Sellsword job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Sard (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).