Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, green shirt, and tan tie. His fur is cut close to his head. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 15000 sp. Amber (40 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has styled his beige fur well, parting it to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 cp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white fur is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Shivering was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. 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: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Amber (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor, marred by teas. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Ortegar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 12000 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: Altho hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Altho alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 50 pp.