Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 15th 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 struck the Mortician job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a cook again

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a simple green robe with white stripes complete with hood. She is portly but not overly obese. Her crest is blue and curly. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Eggren and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tattered old clothes. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Painter, but he got bored and became a Merchant. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Valorean was born with his mother's beautiful face. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 110000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.