Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Pûg lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and doesn't want to be a apothecary and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She stands about 2'8" and wears red trousers with grey and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. She has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Azurite (15 gp). Rose (80 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'9", this man wears an entirely blue suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His blonde hair is cut short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.