Description: This slender man stands about 5'7". He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oriax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black fur is unkempt and raggedy. His yellow eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 99. 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 loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2300 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time, and is pretty ugly. He has black hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD, Addict. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white crest. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a hunchback. He has white crest. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, PTSD. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and he perpetually has his warhammer ready. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 sp. Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp).