Description: A 4'8" western man, he wears an entirely pastel suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull red iron scale mail, and is pretty ugly. His crest is red and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Azzakh was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His childhood dream was to be a Bather, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His cinnamon fur is long and unkept. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Gifted from a young age, Shifting studied abroad. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shifting 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 Shifting. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). White opal (600 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Amber (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Ekemon 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. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1100 gp. White pearl (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).