Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is typically in his Blacksmith uniform. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Ratlûg hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to be a sailor again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This southern woman tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a yellow shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gomory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

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. Ahvain 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.