Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His crest is cut close to his head. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Kriv speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. She carries a battered sickle and tarnished quarterstaff as well. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 sp. Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. 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: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. 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: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and human compassion

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 sp.