Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down and is in decent physical shape. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes dart from person to person.

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 big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Rurik was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Rurik took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He struck the Shoemaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished shortspear as well. His hair is short and blue. This white eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and red pants. His red crest is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mortician and was forced into it by his family; and to pay off his debts

Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is an epitome of beauty. His auburn hair is cut short. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a great chef.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He found a children's book about a Halfling Barbarian who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.