Description: This light-skinned male is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, green shirt, and brown tie. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the west to a Hunter, Nicor learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Hunter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, red shirt, and yellow tie, and carries scimitars. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ranala will drive conversation. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears just a brown suit, and she perpetually has her crossbow ready. Her fur, while still mostly orange, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Through the years after Gale was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gale's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's also a talented Sculptor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again; and balancing her hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Ruler does, and carries greataxes. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. A gifted student he started as a Shoemaker, but he got bored and became a Ruler. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears bulky tan painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and is pretty ugly. He has wavy silver hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large red jacket. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a great chef.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Glassblower and was forced into it by his family; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.