Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black hair is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Howard was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'9". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortbow. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Anthony was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Thamuz enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 230 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears professional attire. He wears his chestnut hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the south to a Carpenter, Everard learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A freak accident while working with his Apothecary mother left him crippled. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. She carries a battered club and tarnished falchion as well. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Stableman profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born in the east to a Fletcher, Grai learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with yellow slacks. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Wrenn was born the youngest of three triplets. When Wrenn reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 cp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.