Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Gerard's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Gerard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Locksmith and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40000 cp. Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull white iron scale mail. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student she started as a Dyer, but she got bored and became a Interpreter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new interpreter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a white coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. Rose (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Jet (90 gp). Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is short and black. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson white hat.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 sp.