Description: A moderately attractive man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Nuraval hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, tan shirt, and white tie. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Uraim was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Rose (70 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Jade (50 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a white armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has brown eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Creega is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Knight arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but she was a colossal failure. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 12000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears green trousers with yellow and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She is physically well-built. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are white.

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. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: A 4'7" northern woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ahinar grew up listening to her father's many stories. Ahinar was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mortician. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Sariel is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Justice, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.