Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is physically well-built. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Knight arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Nicholas was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nicholas decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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.

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'6". He tends to wear a large white jacket, and his gloved hand is found clutching a spear. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished hand crossbow as well. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood. He carries with him a set of hammers on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Odo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Jasper (40 gp).