Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and ceremonial daggers. His hair is red and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Alexandre enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Alexandre 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 Alexandre. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: He typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a Soapmaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Soapmaker and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He wears his golden hair down. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his top red hat.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Tim lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.