Description: He wears an entirely blue suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Marshal for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 9000 gp. Amber (120 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Jet (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, white shirt, and brown tie. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the east to a Bookbinder, Gaaki learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She struck the Bookbinder job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears brown trousers with blue and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Reirak is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Reirak hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Alain alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Cynical. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Carnelian (80 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Amber (100 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 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.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His head has been shaved. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 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.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and she perpetually has her warhammer ready. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her ears are large.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Brewer profession.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shifting grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, tan shirt, and green tie. His blue hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Mormo was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 pp. Amber (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Jade (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.