Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Dilettante, but he was a colossal failure. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Aldous never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bernard embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing a long, grey cloak. He has no hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Dean was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 900 sp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, marred by chocolates. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sailor who has hired him part-time. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Simon was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Simon was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Cook. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nicholas embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Nicholas was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Nicholas was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.