Description: An older man who is dressed in an above average manner, he is not a threatening figure. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He has worked as a Scribe like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. He is portly but not overly obese. He has moderate length golden hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears just a red suit. Her white hair is long and unkept. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sarai was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Sarai took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barber. He has achieved small success as a Barber.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She is a Deep Scion in disguise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He wears a simple black robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His rusty crest is thinning but still full. He has red eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Torinn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Torinn's homeland. Torinn decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Torinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is short and black. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Ishte lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, blue cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 sp.