Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He wears his black hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp).

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She carries a battered shortbow and tarnished halberd as well. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length brown fur. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. 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 Herbalist. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears dull green sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bastard sword, just in case. His crest is cut close to his head. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Bharash was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bharash decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After months of barely getting by, Bharash managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She wears long strands of opal and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has dyed her greying bronze crest a little too much giving a sharp bronze color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Burana was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Burana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp).