Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

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. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Painter 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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears skinny pants and wears a green and brown robe with the hood down. His hair is golden and very short. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has achieved small success as a Marshal.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'11". He wears long strands of emerald and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Gerald was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Dilettante. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 gp. Jade (90 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Sard (20 gp).