Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ralf does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Being a Carter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is brown and very short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She has chestnut hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Malquis was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Carpenter. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she's in love

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of bows, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in the west to a Barkeep, Donaar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He struck the Barkeep job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Eye agate (10 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.