Description: This younger middle-aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Balam hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears a green costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has moderate length blue crest. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a Animal Trainer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Rivaan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Animal Trainer. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Animal Trainer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Crown-heir, and carries sickles. Her hair is brown and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She wears her brown hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Vorka was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Vorka's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 150 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.