Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Bernard enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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 fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is short and black. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she usually wears her violet robe and has her bow always slung over her shoulder. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the left. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Isabella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bowyer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.