Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a navigator again

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2700 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His tied-back hair is red. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Wrenn was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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 wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 gp. Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, violet cloak. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When Koeth reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is typically in his Glassblower uniform. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He got into the Glassblower business at a young age. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Dustin took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up crossbow and armor he uses now. He has taken up work as a Glassblower and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in a small island village. After coming to the age of reason, Finellen took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and grey handkerchief worn on her left side. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Sariel is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Sariel was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Moss agate (10 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1600 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler.