Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has moderate length white hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears just a black suit and is in decent physical shape. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nybarg embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Melissa was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Melissa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 pp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Laborer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 pp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Jade (130 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this northern woman wears professional attire. She wears her green crest down. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Megren was born with her father's beautiful face. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1100 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Agnes 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 gp. Emerald (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Sard (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.