Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is physically well-built. His bronze crest is still thick. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Rivaan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 14000 sp. Azurite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). White opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is long and golden with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bellfounder but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Qualen was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Merla liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

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. Oppleby was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Ploughman. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Mason, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Rose (20 gp). Jet (40 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Valida was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Valida's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

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

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: This eastern woman dresses like a well dressed Butcher does. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Butcher job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has brown hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered goblins who tried to eat his hand. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Burto was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Revenge; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 sp. Carnelian (80 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp).