Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Herleva never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Jade (140 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aldous is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (60 gp).