Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is typically in his Ruler uniform. His fur is lavender and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Serpent was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. He became a Ruler soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ruler responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. A true patriot, Zepar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this northern woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1 Good lock.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and she perpetually has her greataxe ready. She sports blonde long hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tawna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a red and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. He has shaved his head bald. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Corkitron was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 Engraver. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Barendd grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He keeps his long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in the east. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 cp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).