Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver ewer (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. His white hair is braided into rings. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. The war was a terrible time for him, and Halimath does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

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

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has a hunchback. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Jet (120 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Jade (120 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a red vest and prefers white and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant green.

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 uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir father left him crippled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his silver hair down. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Baz was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Baz has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Baz and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Assassin responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is typically in her Carter uniform. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student she started as a Herbalist, but she got bored and became a Carter. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 36000 sp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Aquamarine (300 gp). Peridot (70 gp).

Description: A 5'9" northern man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His white hair is cut short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Aelar was born the youngest of three triplets. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.