Description: This southern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Chay was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He's also a talented Herbalist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'7" and wears yellow trousers with tan and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Crown-heir business.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Braak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Braak was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Crown-heir. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'5" and wears professional attire. His tied-back hair is blonde. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Senteq lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Jet (100 gp). Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His cinnamon fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pelt studied abroad. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1700 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear flannel. His brown hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Dalgal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dalgal grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Dalgal. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 120 gp.