Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a white coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red garnet (70 gp).

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Frederick was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Frederick 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 Frederick. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her skin is flawless and her white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Astaro never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 220 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Smoking and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp.