Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His golden hair is still thick. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Ralf is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Addict, Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His head has been shaved. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the north to a Armorer, Trey learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Armorer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a pastel vest and prefers grey and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small pastel clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Cook father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Geoffrey lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears bulky black painted plate armor, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp.