Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Bertram fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly clubs and bastard swords. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Servant, his father struggled to pay the bills. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He struck the Body Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: She wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries with her a set of maces, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has no hair. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ernest 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 Ernest. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 sp. Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: She wears just a black suit. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Interpreter. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the west to a Interpreter, Seere learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she has a crush on the local miner

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Guardian. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Disguise kit.