Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Barakas will drive conversation. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries with her a set of longbows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her blue hair down. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

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

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is typically in her Sailor uniform. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Ermina lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She worked as a nervous Sailor and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1200 sp. 3 Holy water.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a fancy black dress. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Greeba is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Greeba was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and doesn't want to be a junk dealer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. With bright blonde hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Gurdis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gurdis lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Blacksmith they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Detective, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a grey vest and prefers brown and yellow shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 sp. Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her red crest is singed and shortened. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in the south. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner, and he perpetually has his sai ready. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.