Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She very much looks the part of a Guard. She keeps her purple hair in a flapper bob. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Alvyn is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Alvyn was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 180 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears skinny pants and wears a green and pastel robe with the hood down. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The war was a terrible time for him, and Balam does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Balam was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Balam 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 Balam. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is typically in his Carter uniform, marred by chocolates. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 900 gp.