Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is typically in his Mortician uniform. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. This white eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Mortician like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'10". He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, and his gloved hand is found clutching a rapier. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black opal (1400 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Blue-white diamond (7000 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Emerald (1400 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his trident with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His copper crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Clear bright green emerald (8000 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Azurite (4 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His red crest is heavily combed to the left. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His first spouse was a Miner, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 pp. Eye agate (9 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Moonstone (60 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.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His white hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Rose (30 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). White opal (500 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears black trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears a colorful flower in her silver crest. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. After months of barely getting by, Hethress 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: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Jet (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a blue tunic with green highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Ella enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the south to a Dilettante, Ella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Revenge; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 900 pp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.