Description: An older man who very much looks the part of a Ruler, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is short and white. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 900 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 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 tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has wavy red hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available he will default to his lance. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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-sister.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 13000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with green slacks. His hair is red and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After a long history of fighting, Adran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Joker, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 70 pp. Pink pearl (80 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has wavy white hair. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1100 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).