Description: This woman wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Nala was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. Heian is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Heian and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. His red fur is greasy and uncared for. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Jak's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Jak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a great chef.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Naamah was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2200 sp.