Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. He has green eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Roland was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 Guard. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His tied-back hair is black. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Cory enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in a small island village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 16000 sp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 18000 cp. 4 Antitoxin. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He sports a flattop hair cut. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Henry was born the youngest of three triplets. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.