Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His black hair is braided into rings. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He uses divination through singing.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Alston never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 210 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This man wears a blue shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. He has golden hair. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carpenter. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her white hair is still thick. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mara studied abroad. Her childhood dream was to be a Tailor, but she was a colossal failure. Being a Carpenter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 150 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp).

Description: Standing 4'10", this woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Animal Trainer business.

History: Gadreel was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).