Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with white slacks. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is a great chef.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Roland 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 Roland. Being a Mortician kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Malachite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 86. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears silk and lounges about seductively, she is not a threatening figure. She has shaved her head bald. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Griselda's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born in the south. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bricklayer. He's also a talented Glassblower, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Glassblower again.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10000 cp. Onyx (40 gp). Coral (100 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.