Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Heian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Heian was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Heian's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears just a tan suit. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and swords. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Theriatis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Theriatis was born with his mother's beautiful face. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'0" when asserting herself. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shipwright born in the past three hundred years. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Semyaza was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fletcher they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Shipwright, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to protect her home

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a pastel vest and prefers brown and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The war was a terrible time for her, and Smoking does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has wavy blonde hair. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She takes great joy in being the best Navigator in town.

History: Unvera was born with her father's beautiful face. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a stableman again

Flaws: Shy, PTSD, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 60 gp. Peridot (60 gp).

Description: He wears a black collared shirt and pastel pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born in the west. His first spouse was a Sculptor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His childhood dream was to be a Masseuse, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Detective job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a grey collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Marastyr never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Military, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp.