Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'6" when asserting himself. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a great chef.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Black star sapphire (800 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Anthony grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Anthony. 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: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1100 sp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Eye agate (12 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Patrick studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

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

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a red cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Alex alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Alex was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp.