Description: He stands about 4'11" and tends to wear a large blue jacket. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is long and unkept. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. One day when Azaki was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Azaki was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with yellow slacks. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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, Pallabar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 13000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she dresses like a well dressed Roofer does, and is pretty ugly. She has styled her copper crest well, parting it to the left. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Uadjit was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Roofer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Roofer.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jet (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Jade (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he very much looks the part of a Crown-heir. He keeps his long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a white feather.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Crown-heir business.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Jeweler, but he got bored and became a Crown-heir. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Jade (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). White opal (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Coral (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a fancy brown dress. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Star rose quartz (70 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Menny speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Menny was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 pp. Iolite (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Black opal (1100 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull black iron scale mail. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Professionalism, Athletic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Coral (140 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp).