Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Gerald 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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 4 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a large black jacket. His blonde hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bertram grew up listening to his father's many stories. His first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2800 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a white vest and prefers black and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Gunter wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... 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: He was born in the south. Gunter was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Carter. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.