Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Faran was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 130 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His hair is purple and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Valafar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and balancing his hectic life and new bowyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, red cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Bhevek was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: 3'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: The child of a Bookbinder, who enjoyed hunting, Salanop was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student she started as a Bookbinder, but she got bored and became a Barber. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He has gray eyes and a tan hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He got into the Locksmith business at a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears long strands of sapphire and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His scarlet crest is singed and shortened. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Sybil abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her scarlet crest is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Doctor profession.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of hammers on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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: Jo was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dilettante hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 60 gp.