Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries with him a set of shields, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has wavy white hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. 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 greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Black opal (700 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Susannah is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Susannah is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Susannah was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Masseuse. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: An older man who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze, he is not a threatening figure. He has a very tight haircut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Clerebold enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 gp. Black opal (400 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, marred by teas. She sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a nunchaku and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp.