Description: A 6'5" southern man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Sard (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Gifted from a young age, Oriel studied abroad. Oriel was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Detective. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 sp. Moss agate (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dull red sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed lance, just in case. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.