Description: A 5'6" western man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Râsh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Lewis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Lewis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has no crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Bharash is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'4" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Painter. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Painter. 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 was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp).