Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: Heward was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his 15th 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Butcher. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Miles's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears long strands of amethyst and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths and is in decent physical shape. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. Emerald (1100 gp). Amber (150 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'7" southern man, he wears a fancy green suit. His black hair is still thick. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Dean lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 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 a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.