Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 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: Retire the richest man in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 10 pp. Sard (30 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the north to a Barrister, Clerebold learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A freak accident while working with his Blacksmith father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new barrister responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man has the majority of his body covered in plate, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the north to a Junk Dealer, Roland learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the east. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.