Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is black and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vondal 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 Vondal. 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: A rival would like him out of the picture; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Breathy voice

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

Description: This light-skinned female wears a fancy grey dress. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Katherine is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. 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: Born in the east to a Miner, Katherine learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has worked as a Miner like her mother before her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 20 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and tan robe with the hood down. Her red hair is long and unkept. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her childhood dream was to be a Hunter, but she was a colossal failure. 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 is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Red garnet (50 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Hematite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He got into the Cartwright business at a young age. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cartwright for the past few years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2700 gp. Amethyst (150 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Rose (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.