Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is braided into rings. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He's in love; and balancing his hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1800 sp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This woman wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a spear, but if one is not available she will default to her falchion. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her left hand. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Retire the richest woman in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears blue trousers with tan and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gerbo hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her fur is cinnamon and very short. 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 will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to giants.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp.