Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has wavy white hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. After coming to the age of reason, Travok took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She usually wears her brown robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the east. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2700 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp).

Description: This western man is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

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. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Torinn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Torinn. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Hamil was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Blacksmith 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 north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

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

Possessions: 8000 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp).