Description: An older woman who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in the north to a Cartwright, Matilda learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This man wears bulky blue painted plate armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His crest is rusty and very short. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Pandjed was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 170 pp. Amber (50 gp). Amber (50 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'1", this man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his blue crest down. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp.