Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. After coming to the age of reason, Norman took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: She was born in a small mountains village. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a white cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a Dyer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of scythes on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her hair is red and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 40 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.