Description: A 6'0" southern man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. His golden hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 9. 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 skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'6". She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her hair is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Avelina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 Slave Trader. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40000 cp. Carnelian (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: This man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 sp. Emerald (600 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Malachite (12 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 6'1" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 sp.