Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. He has wavy silver hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Tailor. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cairn studied abroad. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Tailor for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Rose (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Moonstone (70 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He carries with him a set of halberds on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. She has green eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but she was a colossal failure. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). White opal (500 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Sard (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Jade (100 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red crest is unkempt and raggedy. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quarethon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 pp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a spear on his belt. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 gp. Amber (70 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is typically in her Navigator uniform. Her head has been shaved. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Gorga was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Navigator. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'8", this woman prefers to wear flannel. She wears her auburn hair down. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She takes great joy in being the best Blacksmith in town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and doesn't want to be a blacksmith and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Alexandrite (700 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Jet (130 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).