Description: He is in excellent shape and wears grey trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Laucian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mayor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears green trousers with blue and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has brown hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Body Guard. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 pp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Sard (70 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available he will default to his sickle. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He got into the Jeweler business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Jeweler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Jeweler work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 15000 sp. Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this eastern man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Uthemar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3100 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Sard (20 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.