Description: Standing 5'9", this man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his white hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 10000 cp. Carnelian (80 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp).

Description: A 5'1" northern woman, she dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Good lock.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears brown trousers with violet and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bricklayer. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.