Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aelar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Jade (40 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a grey costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso and is in decent physical shape. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Alberich grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by his family; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (70 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a simple brown robe with violet stripes complete with hood. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a Scribe, her father struggled to pay the bills. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Black pearl (1500 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Beatrice was born with her father's beautiful face. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Beatrice fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jet (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears dull green sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greatsword, just in case. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the south. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sard (20 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Blue-white diamond (6000 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: An older man who usually wears his white robe and has his falchion always slung over his shoulder, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vlorn grew up listening to his father's many stories. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and doesn't want to be a bricklayer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 pp. Red garnet (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.