Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40000 cp. Amber (120 gp). Sard (50 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'6". She wears a green coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head, and her gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. She has moderate length blue crest. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Harann was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Jillian was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Jillian decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Butcher kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp).