Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ruler business.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. Recently the stress of being a Ruler has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Expand his business; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is short and red. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Himo was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Knight for the past few years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Hematite (4 gp).

Description: This man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Rael was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Erdan was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 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. 1 Minor magic item.