Description: He wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is portly but not overly obese. His head has been shaved. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 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, when down, is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal (600 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Apothecary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Azurite (4 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.