Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Diggory enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Human compassion; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He worked as a nervous Miner and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Miner like his mother before him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available he will default to his mace. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf, and carries halberds. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Cumpen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a black coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He wears his green crest down. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is greedy

Flaws: Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His fur is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Heward is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a great chef.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 6'1". She wears a black coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head, and her gloved hand is found clutching a axe. She has styled her purple hair well, parting it to the right. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Shax was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 sp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has taken up work as a Shepherd and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp).