Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a brown scarf. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 Cartwright. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 60 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Marshal does. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age his father died while driving off some gnolls. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in falchion use. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a trident on his belt. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 390 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a yellow tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has wavy black hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his top yellow hat.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 80 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a grey coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His blonde hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bather who has hired him part-time. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Performer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: Agatha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries a battered greatsword and tarnished nunchaku as well. He has wavy black hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Xappan was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Butcher and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Coral (120 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is brown and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 bought a warhammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her rusty crest is long and unkept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Gardener born in the past three hundred years. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Kadana was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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 be a Beggar again; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp.