Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is chestnut and curly. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: An older man who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a Mercenary, his father struggled to pay the bills. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 70 gp. Coral (140 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is physically well-built. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He tends to his Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Mayor again.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp).

Description: He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His crest is white and curly. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Fax 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 Fax. He tends to his Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is long and brown with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Map Maker profession.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nuraval studied abroad. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He has worked as a Carter like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 9000 sp. Black pearl (300 gp).