Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear flannel and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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: Hunter was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Religious, Job, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Shava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She tends to her Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is silver and very short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this northern man is typically in his Tanner uniform. His orange fur is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His red crest is braided into rings. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.