Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His tied-back hair is red. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is an epitome of beauty. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Zook was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Iolite (80 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a dagger on her belt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 cp. Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her purple hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available he will default to his falchion and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 sp. Iolite (30 gp). Amber (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an entirely black suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has styled his green crest well, parting it to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.