Description: 5'7" and muscular, this southern man wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 12. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Gerard never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor, In love. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Merchant. She tends to her Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Family, Military, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. 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; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 sp. Jasper (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Amber (100 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Lazy, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Thunderstones. 3 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch.