Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30 pp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: He wears grey trousers with pastel and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Through the years after Aerdeth was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Aerdeth's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: 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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear grey tank tops with blue pants. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in the north. He worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Mason responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 240 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and glaives. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Aelar was born with his mother's beautiful face. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.