Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Soveliss lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a yellow tunic with red highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries a battered spear and tarnished flail as well. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Alexandrite (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Black pearl (1000 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 a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His black hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Theriatis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. After coming to the age of reason, Theriatis took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 sp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Revenge; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.