Description: This man is very fat, and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the north to a Herbalist, Aldous learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Bellfounder and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: The child of a Adventurer, who enjoyed hunting, Gerald was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a Banker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 10000 sp.