Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses like a well dressed Mortician does. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His fierce gray 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 is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miller. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Miller for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This black eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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, Oriax is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

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

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired her part-time. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Courier. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Military, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Coral (40 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Dilettante work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dilettante work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 110 pp. Carnelian (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).