Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and pickaxes. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Hupe is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Hupe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'8". He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his white crest up. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has a crush on the local tailor

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an entirely red suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She sports brown long hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 sp.