Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a violet shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars, he is not a threatening figure. His yellow fur is heavily combed to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Smoking lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Smoking never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She wears her rusty crest down. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Pyxrin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She tends to her Ruler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'1". She tends to wear a large grey jacket, and her gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. Her hair is brown and curly. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Server

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (8 gp).