Description: This light-skinned male wears a worn and beaten armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Gerard enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west to a Detective, Gerard learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 struck the Detective job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Helen will drive conversation. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Helen never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman tends to wear a large blue jacket. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears tattered old clothes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her head has been shaved. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 sp.