Description: This light-skinned female wears skinny pants and wears a brown and yellow robe with the hood down. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is short and brown. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the east to a Mortician, Mardred learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Mardred was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mortician. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His dark red hair is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: He usually wears his white robe and has his morningstar always slung over his shoulder. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and kukris. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'11" and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Cook, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with her Cook mother left her crippled. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 90 gp. Amethyst (40 gp).