Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bricklayer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bricklayer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear flannel. His orange fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His copper eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Edge enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Edge was taken on many hunting expeditions. He 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. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This southern man dresses like a well dressed Sellsword does. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has red hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Blacksmith profession.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. 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: Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. He sports a flattop fur cut. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He is physically well-built. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Rimmon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He very much looks the part of a Adventurer. His brass crest is heavily combed to the right. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a Gardener, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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 east. He became a Adventurer soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has no hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Sard (80 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He wears his auburn hair down. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Smokesticks. 2 Alchemist’s fire.