Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: The child of a Assassin, who enjoyed hunting, Keth was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Amber (90 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Bather first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Adventurer, 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: To be a Adventurer again.

Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'8" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears just a black suit, marred by chocolates. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A freak accident while working with his Miller mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the north to a Dyer, Enialis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Enialis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 30000 cp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: This man wears a fancy tan suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Beiro never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 210 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in an above average manner. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Brown diamond (2000 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Rose (80 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a large black jacket. Her dark red hair is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Lilith studied abroad. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.