Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. The war was a terrible time for him, and Tod does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Tod was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a simple black robe with violet stripes complete with hood. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Nicholas was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Prâk was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Jet (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Rose (50 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His hair is silver and curly. His eyes are red.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Qemuel is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.