Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 110 gp. Hematite (15 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His hair is golden and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 110 gp. Rose (50 gp).

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 wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has no hair. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spy who has hired him part-time. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mortician business.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Melech was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Slave Trader. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 260 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'3" and wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. 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: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has wavy red hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Animal Trainer mother left her crippled. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To protect her home; and doesn't want to be a mortician and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has done his best to style his dark red hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Laborer born in the past three hundred years. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gifted student he started as a Hunter, but he got bored and became a Laborer. He has achieved small success as a Laborer.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 sp.