Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 270 gp. White pearl (90 gp).

Description: This northern man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black crest is lengthy. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Rathkran hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This northern woman prefers to wear flannel. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has brown hair. She has violet eyes.

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 is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Naivara was born with her mother's beautiful face. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He carries with him a set of shields, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Doctor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a Miller, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Chad was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears just a black suit. He keeps his long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Srorthen was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tabaxi companion (his 'brother'). He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with yellow slacks. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Stableman. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'4" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. A true patriot, Qualen would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has chestnut hair. She has gray eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vanchu grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vanchu. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 7000 cp. White pearl (100 gp).