Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of lances on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Gerard was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Gerard's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her head has been shaved. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 20000 cp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a hunchback. His tied-back hair is brown. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a grey feathered hat and grey clothes, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Avice has worked very hard to control her curse. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Avice never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: In love, Job, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Rose (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate.