Description: 6'4" and muscular, this southern man wears a grey shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and green pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Soapmaker. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Patrick lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her head has been shaved. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 sp. Carnelian (50 gp). Coral (130 gp). Moonstone (50 gp).