Description: A 5'1" eastern man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Guard business.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a guard and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gray eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Immigrant, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this southern man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 81. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dreali grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2300 gp. Hematite (15 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Jade (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His tied-back hair is blonde. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Himo alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jet (90 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's in love; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 sp.