Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a brown shirt, with a pastel mid length shorts with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (70 gp). Sard (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He is an epitome of beauty. His chestnut hair is cut short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His hair is brown and very short. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Job, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Gifted from a young age, Shane studied abroad. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Smokesticks. 2 Acid flasks. 2 Antitoxin.