Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Layabout profession.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Bertram has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Dilettante work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dilettante work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 sp. White pearl (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barrister who has hired him part-time. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born into a rich family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. 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 has a crush on the local Mason; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tan collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 12000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears just a green suit. He has a hunchback. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Heward wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Heward was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Cook, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 14000 sp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.