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 wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has wavy red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Alston was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Alston grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Alston. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. 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 north. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to be a barrister again

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Zircon (40 gp). Jade (120 gp).

Description: He wears a brown vest and prefers black and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. He has done his best to style his brown fur to look like a famous performer. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. 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: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Left-Handed has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Greedy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small blue clips. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He carries with him a set of maces on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Vonbin is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Vonbin studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vonbin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 pp. Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Jade (100 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears grey trousers with blue and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Duergath embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Through the years after Duergath was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Duergath's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He's also a talented Weaver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her silver crest is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Megren has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on her right side. Her long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student she started as a Detective, but she got bored and became a Armorer. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.