Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. 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 being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 sp. Obsidian (16 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Matilda was born the youngest of three triplets. Matilda liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She tends to her Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She stands about 4'7" and tends to wear a large black jacket. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is obsessed with her god.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: To be a Stableman again.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her black hair is cut short. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Marshal business.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 700 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.