Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear flannel. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has wavy brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Damaia 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: Damaia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Guardian. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fletcher. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'9" northern woman, she wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is a great chef.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.