Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available he will default to his hand crossbow. His hair is long and white with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thervan 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 Thervan. 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 greedy; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely red suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and carries scythes. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Nim enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears dull red sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed axe, just in case. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Traki was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. Aramil abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Detective. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Emerald (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.