Description: He stands about 6'1" and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Adelard 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 Adelard. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 6000 sp. Aquamarine (1600 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His silver hair is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Lazy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His silver crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is a Bricklayer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. 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 a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has no crest. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Jet (120 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a glaive on his belt. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Engraver born in the past three hundred years. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.