Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. He has moderate length golden hair. His ears are large.

Personality: Adelard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Butcher but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Adelard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp. Citrine (50 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Simon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Simon was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Addict, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 16000 cp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Jet (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He wears a mask on his face.

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 enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Gifted from a young age, William studied abroad. He worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. Amber (60 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'3" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He has no hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: Theobald was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He tends to his Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.