Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his auburn hair up. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 Engraver. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Engraver.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp. Sard (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Coral (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alex does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Alex was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He married young, but lost his spouse to brigands. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Glassblower, but he got bored and became a Mason. He has worked as a Mason like his mother before him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern man wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Diggory's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Amber (40 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Anselm was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fortune-teller. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2900 sp.