Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 14. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Direcris is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is golden and curly. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bricklayer business.

History: She got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She has worked as a Bricklayer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She likes to wear brown tank tops with blue skirt. She carries with her a set of maces on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. 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 several months after her mother was called into army service. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. She carries with her a set of falchions, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has wavy white crest. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She became a Miner soon after.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to be a bookbinder again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.