Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is black and very short. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Halander was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Hematite (15 gp).

Description: An older man who wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Pink pearl (80 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Holy water. 2 Acid flasks. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: 5'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. When Astar reached his early adolescence his Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He struck the Sellsword job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and doesn't want to be a sellsword and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Tourmaline (40 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is typically in his Guard uniform. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His tied-back hair is blonde. He is baby faced.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a barber again

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100000 cp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. He has no hair. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.