Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is typically in his Bookbinder uniform. His hair is red and curly. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Frederick hails from a village terrorized by giants. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (15 gp). Coral (60 gp). Azurite (15 gp).

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. 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. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 33000 sp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: An older man who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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: He was born at the edge of vast island. 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: To be a Herbalist again; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. 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: Hubert was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has moderate length black hair. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born in the west. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.