Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His hair is auburn and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the west. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp).

Description: This western man wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hammer, but if one is not available he will default to his sai. His clothes are grease stained in places. His tied-back hair is brown. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Eldon was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Layabout. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Disease, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". He wears a simple red robe with black stripes complete with hood, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. He has green eyes.

Personality: Pikar 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 loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Pikar hails from a village terrorized by giants. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, white shirt, and red tie. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing a long, green cloak. She is physically well-built. She has dyed her greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a red wide-brimmed hat and red clothes. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brass crest is lengthy. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ghesh was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length dark red hair. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp.