Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp).

Description: This woman wears a fancy white dress. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a Bounty Hunter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She comes from a rich southern 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 unsatisfied with her job.

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with green slacks. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. After coming to the age of reason, Bertram took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is silver and curly. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Raymond has worked very hard to control his curse. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.