Description: He is a mite stocky and wears dull brown sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. He has moderate length red hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He tends to his Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 60 pp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: He wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. 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: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. In his 13th 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 has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a morningstar on his belt. His hair is auburn and very short. He is baby faced.

Personality: Roland speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Stableman profession.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 Assassin. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Stableman again.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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. Aldous fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a very tight haircut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. The war was a terrible time for him, and Manfred does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

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 always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 cp.