Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Sellsword. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and expand his business

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, In love, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears black trousers with violet and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and is pretty ugly. His hair is short and white. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Aramil hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (9000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his right hand. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Koeth never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is typically in his Actor uniform. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Heian was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 16th 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and expand his business

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: He wears tan trousers with brown and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Fivin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He worked as a nervous Gardener and found it very stressful. He struck the Gardener job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.