Description: He is lean but muscular and is typically in his Painter uniform. He wears his black hair down. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2800 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Amber (100 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Godfrey's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While he appears to be a normal Human, 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 tends to his Sellsword job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 26000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and she perpetually has her trident ready. She has wavy white hair. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Birel hails from a village terrorized by goblins. 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears long strands of ruby and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Murook lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'8" and muscular, this southern man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Rock crystal (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Amber (100 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'0", this woman very much looks the part of a Soapmaker. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Soapmaker for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 5'10" southern man, he wears a simple yellow robe with black stripes complete with hood. His hair is white and curly. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. 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: The child of a Fortune-teller, who enjoyed hunting, Patrick was taken on many hunting expeditions. His childhood dream was to be a Fortune-teller, but he was a colossal failure. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.