Description: A 5'8" northern man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He has green eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is red and curly. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Eberk and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 pp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a tan costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. In his 13th 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears brown trousers with blue and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His fur, while still mostly cinnamon, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cask fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She got into the Healer business at a young age. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Healer. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a brown small hat and brown clothes. She has slicked back silver hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Crown-heir work with an outfit from a few towns over. Crown-heir work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Crown-heir job and began her own company from there.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Sard (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His orange fur is long and unkept. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Aura never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.