Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a lance on his belt. His silver hair is still thick. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small red hat.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the north to a Servant, Howard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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 wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, marred by teas. He has a very tight haircut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Impulsive, Mundane. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Theren grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Theren. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 23000 cp. Moss agate (13 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Azurite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'11" southern man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His white hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Sailor, who enjoyed hunting, Tordek was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He bought a halberd and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. She is physically well-built. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Avelina took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her white crest is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Dentratha was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gifted student she started as a Fortune-teller, but she got bored and became a Performer. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Vistra hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her first spouse was a Barrister, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Barrister they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Mortician, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 210 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp).