Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear flannel. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gifted from a young age, Charles studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he has a crush on the local mortician

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 15000 cp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Charles studied abroad. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Charles's homeland. Charles decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Charles fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Through the years after Roland was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Roland's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp. Amethyst (60 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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: Peter was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Peter was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Hunter

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

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.