Description: A middle-aged man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'4" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red hair is still thick. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Coral (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has worked as a Crown-heir like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His hair is black and very short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Arannis took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.