Description: He wears just a tan suit. He is physically well-built. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. 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: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She wears a blue vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Maiathah is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Maiathah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Shepherd. She tends to her Shepherd job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His hair is short and red. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Rolen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. A true patriot, Arha would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her first spouse was a Sellsword, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military, Slave, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 160 gp. Iolite (70 gp).