Description: This younger middle-aged man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is an amazing painter.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, In love, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold music box (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a black shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants. Her black crest is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mishann fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).

Description: An older woman who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, she is not a threatening figure. Her head has been shaved. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. The war was a terrible time for her, and Millicent 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 mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Millicent was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears black trousers with blue and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Morthos wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Morthos never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 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.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She keeps her orange fur in a pixie cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Dagger alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Dagger was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She takes great joy in being the best Bookbinder in town.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She has worked as a Bookbinder like her mother before her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'9". She is typically in her Spy uniform. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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 Spy. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spy for hire.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to be a guard again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.