Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. Merihim is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the east to a Architect, Merihim learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Merihim abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He tends to his Architect job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. To his fellows he 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. After coming to the age of reason, Bilbron took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her black fur is braided into rings. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She likes to wear tan tank tops with green skirt. Her red hair is cut short. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson tan hat.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Tanner. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Secretive, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1500 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears dull black sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed morningstar, just in case. His gold crest is heavily combed to the left. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Rathkran took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up morningstar and armor he uses now. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears his black hair up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He bought a halberd and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 120 pp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has white hair. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. After a long history of fighting, Geva and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tan coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He usually wears his pastel robe and has his spear always slung over his shoulder. He is physically well-built. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aura hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 130 gp.