Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is braided into rings. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He takes great joy in being the best Ruler in town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new ruler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Gildmak was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Being a Mason kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he's in love

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the west to a Healer, Mormo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Healer.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 pp. Malachite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'0" southern man, he is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Priest profession.

History: Bertram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bertram grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bertram. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 110 pp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Zircon (80 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available he will default to his bow. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Folgûm was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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: To prove his worth to the world; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.