Description: This western man wears a red costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Emerald (500 gp).

Description: She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He very much looks the part of a Server. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ulfgar studied abroad. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 sp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Doctor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a flail on his belt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 30 pp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Thomas speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Thomas was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thomas 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 Thomas. Being a Performer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'9". She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. She has dyed her greying lavender fur a little too much giving a sharp lavender color. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Flaws: Greedy, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 10 pp. Obsidian (12 gp).