Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thorpe grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Thorpe. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest and is in decent physical shape. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is typically in her Bowyer uniform. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears just a black suit. He carries a battered halberd and tarnished rapier as well. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Xappan's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Mayor, but he was a colossal failure. 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: To reunite with his old friends; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Ellywick was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ellywick was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently the stress of being a Bowyer has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.