Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Marastyr was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1900 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Hunter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears just a yellow suit. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Barkeep.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.