Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has red hair. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear blue tank tops with brown pants. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Ahvain was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. His blue hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are white.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Balam was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 pp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Neega is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Neega was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He has no hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 4. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Painter, but he got bored and became a Ruler. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.