Description: He is in excellent shape and wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His hair is black and very short. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Gardener. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and 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

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 90000 cp. White pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a crossbow on his belt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 pp. Peridot (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Coral (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Rose (80 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'10". He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. His black hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 pp. Coral (80 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He usually wears his brown robe and has his halberd always slung over his shoulder. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has no hair. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2800 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Amber (90 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 south. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp).