Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mercenary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mercenary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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 is greedy; and balancing his hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top green hat.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses like a well dressed Mortician does. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

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

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His head has been shaved. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying east to reunite his family. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mercenary and was forced into it by his family; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.