Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. He wears his chestnut hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Adelard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His first spouse was a Bookbinder, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'5" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is dressed in an above average manner. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Peter enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Peter was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20000 cp.