Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available she will default to her hammer. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a great chef.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Heian's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He worked as a nervous Crown-heir and found it very stressful. He became a Crown-heir soon after.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Red spinel (120 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat and is in decent physical shape. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'4" and prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp).