Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Murook was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is still thick. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. 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 Spy. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 30000 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp).