Description: He wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso, and he perpetually has his warhammer ready. He has done his best to style his dark red hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: Merihim speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stylist.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants, and is pretty ugly. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. 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 a Brewer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Brewer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Miner, but he got bored and became a Brewer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A 5'5" southern man, he has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

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. Nimble enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. He struck the Courier job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and 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

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 20 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. After coming to the age of reason, Conrad took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 24000 cp.