Description: This tall, slender man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His tied-back hair is golden. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2500 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses like a well dressed Masseuse does. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the east to a Masseuse, Gesrethe learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 Masseuse. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Emotional, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 sp. Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: A 6'0" northern woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her brown fur in a flapper bob. She has copper eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: Nimble hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Brottor was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Jet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His fur is beige and curly. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Cask was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cask 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. Cask decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 a long history of fighting, Cask and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and balancing his hectic life and new performer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 290 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).