Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He got into the Knight business at a young age. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver pearl (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 27000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a hunchback. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Locksmith father left her crippled. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2000 cp. Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Heian enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 gp.