Description: A 6'6" northern man, he wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is auburn and very short. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Revenge; and he's in love

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his chestnut hair up. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Alexandre took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up monstrous two handed axe and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His hair is auburn and curly. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Arnold abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Roland grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Roland. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 50 pp. Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His hair is silver and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Good lock. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Backpack.