Description: A 5'9" western man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Courier, but he got bored and became a Seamstress. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Human compassion; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has no hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Kyle is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: Born in the south to a Performer, Kyle learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, 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 red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather, he is not a threatening figure. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His ears are large.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He works hard and plays hard.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His golden hair is long and unkept. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Adam was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp.