Description: This man is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Robert is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and carries axes. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 33000 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears just a black suit. He has a hunchback. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Performer business.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Gardener but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Gomory was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Gardener. 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 his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2 Holy water. 2 Antitoxin. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a violet and pastel robe with the hood down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Courier, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.