Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and he perpetually has his bastard sword ready. His head has been shaved. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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 is terrified, and will act out of fear; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Rose (40 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Junk Dealer 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Holy water. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He very much looks the part of a Bookbinder. His purple hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 sp.