Description: He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 55. 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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Adelard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Sard (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'0". He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has no hair. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cartwright business.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 9000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His crest is green and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Shamash was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shamash decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 sp. Fire opal (900 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears a green coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull green iron scale mail. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a Stableman, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: Wants to work out more often; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.