Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

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. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Hadarai has worked very hard to control his curse. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Arannis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

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

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Performer, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ploughman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

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

Possessions: 50000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears just a brown suit. He wears his blonde hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. The war was a terrible time for him, and Naal does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 pp. Eye agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.