Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Howard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Howard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Mason again; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert, Opinionated. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 170 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: A 4'9" northern woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Assassin business.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Geva took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 sp. Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the south. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and bows. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Forgetful, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4 Acid flasks. 3 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is lean but muscular and has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 26. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tan vest and prefers pastel and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Althaea and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. She carries with her a set of halberds, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Carlin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. She sports chestnut long hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Reddlepop hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. The war was a terrible time for her, and Reddlepop does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Reddlepop was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 70 pp.