Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered grey hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Jane was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Butcher. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and pastel pants. His red hair is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Zook is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1800 sp. 4 Antitoxin. 2 Thunderstones. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a brown shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Delre grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is physically well-built. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Bertram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Architect hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born in the west. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Jade (110 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He wears a mask on his face.

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 is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and white handkerchief worn on his left side. His fur is orange and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 350 gp.