Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Spy arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Marastyr's homeland. Marastyr decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people; and tiefling compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'7". She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: The child of a Servant, who enjoyed hunting, Phelaia was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Phelaia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a white costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished scythe as well. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a white costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: In love, Religious, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 pp.