Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He keeps his red crest in a flapper bob. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Zedaar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a blue coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature, Religious, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He usually wears his grey robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the south to a Detective, Conrad learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 19th 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 gp. Golden pearl (150 gp).