Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He carries a battered sai and tarnished axe as well. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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: Az-Adar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Ishgha is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a Layabout, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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 loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She likes to wear white tank tops with tan skirt. She carries with her a set of rapiers, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Navigator born in the past three hundred years. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brown fur has been sun bleached extensively. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Sculptor born in the past three hundred years. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

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, Flame took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sculptor responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.