Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears just a brown suit. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: Cask speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Cask is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Cask alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a large black jacket. He has moderate length blonde hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Ar-Kaius studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears professional attire. He sports a flattop crest cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mason hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to protect his home

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears a green tunic with tan highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears her blue crest up. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Akra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his black hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. In his youth he was a Healer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 20 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).