Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a club on her belt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Ilga has worked very hard to control her curse. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His ears are large.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

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. His crest is cut close to his head. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 pp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and dwarven compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Umpen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (8 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Dilettante like her mother before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 gp.