Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His white hair is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Heward hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spy. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. He has a hunchback. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and white tie. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Raymond was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new ruler responsibilities is difficult

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

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40000 cp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a Courier first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born in a small plains village. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Mason again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.