Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso, and is pretty ugly. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. 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: Broce was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Roofer.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Jade (140 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He has no fur. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Gale hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Gale alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson blue hat.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Interpreter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is typically in his Detective uniform. His white crest is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Patrin 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 Patrin. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1400 gp.