Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears her silver hair up. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses like a well dressed Ruler does. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Katherine was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 pp. Malachite (15 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses like a well dressed Glassblower does. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a Gardener, his father struggled to pay the bills. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Poor, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He carries with him a set of tridents, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has yellow eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Spring fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 350 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Dilettante kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and a deep hatred of giants

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He has violet eyes and a yellow hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He takes great joy in being the best Mason in town.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has worked as a Mason like his father before him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His crest is red, silky, and of moderate length. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Patrin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Patrin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female is typically in her Carter uniform. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has wavy blonde hair. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Carter business.

History: Alice lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He is baby faced.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 sp.