Description: He wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Alex was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Alex alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Buckler. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a husky man, who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has silver hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 5'9" eastern man, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His chestnut hair is cut short. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Don was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Gerald was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is short and golden. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Reynard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and balancing his hectic life and new knight responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 sp.