Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Shane has worked very hard to control his curse. Being a Locksmith kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear flannel. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eloise speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born in the east to a Ploughman, Eloise learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Ploughman. She tends to her Ploughman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Blue quartz (6 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her red hair is singed and shortened. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Griselda is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Alexandrite (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Agnes lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp.