Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Gerard enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has moderate length silver hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Rose (20 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears just a black suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His crest is cut close to his head. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a Healer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is an amazing painter.

History: Arjhan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arjhan 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 Arjhan. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.