Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His crest is bronze and curly. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Debt. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 120 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: He wears tan trousers with grey and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and carries shortbows. He has a very tight haircut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Shane hails from a village terrorized by goblins. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Eye agate (16 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zepar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. His brown fur, when down, is lengthy. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, River has worked very hard to control his curse. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp).