Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is typically in his Ruler uniform. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's also a talented Actor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear flannel. With wild brown hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 sp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears white trousers with violet and red striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Spy but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.