Description: This tall, slender man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His blonde hair is still thick. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of a Sailor, who enjoyed hunting, Ernest was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 Engraver. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 cp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His white hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Robert was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear flannel. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is golden and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in the east to a Detective, Trey learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his auburn hair up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Ruler. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.