Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mortician born in the past three hundred years. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Bonds: Job, Family, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jade (40 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Sard (60 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: He wears a simple tan robe with black stripes complete with hood, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver ewer (90 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 70 pp. Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He has a hunchback. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a Baker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 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 has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black small hat and black clothes. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Nim was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nim decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has worked as a Fisher like his father before him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).