Description: This man is very fat, and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His tied-back hair is white. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a great chef.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tattered old clothes. He has shaved his head bald. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is black and very short. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the north to a Layabout, Miles learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Layabout like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.