Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blue crest, when down, is lengthy. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (800 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.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her hair is auburn and curly. 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: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Coral (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her white hair is cut short. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Nagrette took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up shortbow and armor she uses now. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a hunchback. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Werydd hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 pp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (9000 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His hair is long and golden with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. After a long history of fighting, Solomon and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 5000 gp. Malachite (15 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Jet (130 gp). Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His fur is cut close to his head. His skin is flawless and his yellow eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1200 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Jet (120 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.