Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with yellow slacks. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Laucian is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Laucian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His childhood dream was to be a Laborer, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Laborer again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). Amber (90 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Sard (70 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, red cloak. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 sp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Paelias is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Caeldrim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: Standing 4'8", this man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has no hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Traki hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Traki liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Traki was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.