Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a red coat with blue slacks. He has black fur. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Lone hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Actor. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She became a Actor soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Actor responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, marred by sweets. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His black crest is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Stableman business.

History: Shamash was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp).

Description: Standing 6'8", this man wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He bought a greatsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His rusty crest is heavily combed to the left. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bounty Hunter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears just a white suit. His white hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Masseuse and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 89. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a long, black cloak. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has brown eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 130 gp.