Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Charles isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Charles grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy red pantaloons and a grey scarf. He is physically well-built. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Wymar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Tourmaline (90 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Gardener business.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: This southern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is short and red. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the south to a Spy, Gunter learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 Spy. He became a Spy soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp.