Description: Standing 5'5", this man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He has moderate length red hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a large violet jacket. She is physically well-built. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of a Mercenary, who enjoyed hunting, Eleanor was taken on many hunting expeditions. Eleanor liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After months of barely getting by, Eleanor managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1500 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and green handkerchief worn on his right side. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Traubon hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Crown-heir. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Has a crush, Debt. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 47000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her blonde hair is still thick. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has white eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: Barakas hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ruler business.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a white coat with violet slacks. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she likes to wear blue tank tops with white skirt. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Dara will drive conversation. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Dara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Server hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 800 pp. Rose (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her hammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She keeps her purple hair in a pixie cut. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Makaria was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mortician. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.