Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has no hair. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Forcas 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. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Stylist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is typically in her Cartwright uniform, and is pretty ugly. Her bronze crest is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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, Synthrin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. White pearl (120 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His black hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Delg took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Beatrice was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Masseuse. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Bonds: Guardian, In love, Nature, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.