Description: She is in excellent shape and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her blue hair is lengthy. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her top black hat.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. 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 a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). White pearl (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has moderate length blue hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries ceremonial daggers. His hair is silver and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Whurbin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 pp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. He has moderate length silver hair. His eyes are brown.

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 minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

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. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1400 pp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'10". She dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. She sports a flattop hair cut. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. The war was a terrible time for her, and Willow does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Willow was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She's also a talented Spy, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Spy again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 14000 gp. Azurite (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Sard (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Jet (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). White opal (800 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A 4'9" northern man, he prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.