Description: This light-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Bernard was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He bought a kukri and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and 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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a violet coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His head has been shaved. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Heward grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 33000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses like a well dressed Carpenter does. His golden hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Manfred isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Manfred took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Tourmaline (120 gp). Star ruby (700 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his chestnut hair down. He has green eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Raymond's homeland. Raymond decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in a small island village. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).