Description: He stands about 6'6" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His copper crest is singed and shortened. He has red eyes and a green hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Direcris was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Direcris decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His hair is cut close to his head. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a trident and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shortbow on his belt. His blonde hair is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Tordek speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born into a rich family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 110 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He uses divination through singing.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 sp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and she perpetually has her quarterstaff ready. Her hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady black eyes.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has wavy chestnut hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a black shirt with thin red vertical stripes and tan pants. His crest is copper, silky, and of moderate length. He has gold eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 cp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Gardener. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Gardener. She tends to her Gardener job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Job, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his purple hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are silver.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 360 gp.