Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

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 also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

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: Someone believes him a fraud; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a Bather, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her scarlet crest is thinning but still full. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 sp. Jasper (50 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing a long, green cloak. Her red crest is singed and shortened. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Furrele hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Furrele is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.