Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He carries with him a set of flails on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He keeps his gray fur in a flapper bob. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: To protect his home.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze, and he perpetually has his shortbow ready. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 80000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: The child of a Priest, who enjoyed hunting, Zogdûsh was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His yellow fur is heavily combed to the right. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Marshal and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 gp.