Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Gerard was born with his father's beautiful face. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has moderate length silver hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. 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: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Rose (20 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears just a black suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His crest is cut close to his head. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a Healer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is an amazing painter.

History: Arjhan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arjhan 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 Arjhan. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her rusty crest is singed and shortened. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 50 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and tends to wear a large violet jacket. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Hatae abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Zanna will drive conversation. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Zanna was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her first spouse was a Painter, they had one daughter, 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 Painter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bowyer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.