Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Alexandre was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 22000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aldous is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the west. 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aldous fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 11000 cp. Moonstone (80 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses like a well dressed Spy does, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Patrick has worked very hard to control his curse. 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp).