Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He 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 always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to pay off her debts

Flaws: Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Military, Debt. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Caramip was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rose (20 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. Her copper crest is braided into rings. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 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.