Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a scimitar on her belt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and daggers. Her hair is purple and curly. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady silver eyes.

Personality: Akta is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a large red jacket. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Howard reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and revenge

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Arumawann was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age her mother died while driving off some drow. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in pickaxe use. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.