Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His tied-back hair is red. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Ruler. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Bernard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born into a rich family. One day when Bernard was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Bernard was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in the west to a Merchant, Oriel learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oriel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her hair is white and curly. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Military, In love, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 sp.