Description: He stands about 6'3" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is lengthy. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to be a soapmaker again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his longbow. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is chestnut and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

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

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Ruler and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his black hair down. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Charles has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.