Description: He is typically in his Ruler uniform. He is portly but not overly obese. His blue crest is thinning but still full. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

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. 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 west. He has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 220 pp. Obsidian (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears tattered old clothes. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'6" southern man, he is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Lewis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Sard (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man likes to wear tan tank tops with brown pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She takes great joy in being the best Hunter in town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Sard (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born into a rich family. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new baker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to be a dilettante again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 30000 cp. Zircon (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.