Description: 5'1" and muscular, this southern man wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born in the south to a Tanner, Nicholas learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Tanner. He struck the Tanner job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. His black hair is lengthy. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. 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: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Engraver

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

Possessions: 60000 cp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He has moderate length white hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: Gifted from a young age, Randal studied abroad. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This man dresses like a well dressed Ploughman does. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His hair is cut close to his head. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ploughman.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (16 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).