Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His black hair is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is physically well-built. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His first spouse was a Carter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a long, white cloak. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He struck the Crown-heir job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and to be a fisher again

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this western man is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Arnold was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To be a Body Guard again; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and monstrous two handed axes. His golden hair is lengthy. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Barrister business.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heward 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 Heward. 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: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1900 sp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Azurite (10 gp).