Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. Nicholas enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Jasper (20 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roland studied abroad. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Fearful. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. When Avice reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a hunchback. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sailor profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Avelina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.