Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and is pretty ugly. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His violet 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. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a warhammer, but if one is not available she will default to her whip. She has chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Oriel isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

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 Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Apothecary they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Shepherd, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 30000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.