Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His head has been shaved. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Body Guard. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Coral (160 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Azurite (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears dull pastel sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. Her red fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gale was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She tends to her Baker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Stableman again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this southern man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has wavy brown hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: Born in the south to a Navigator, Arnold learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Mayor, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 15000 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'3". He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times, and his gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. He has no hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Sheggen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp).

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver ewer (60 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Sporting a golden mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).