Description: He tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His hair is auburn and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He refers to his adoptive mother 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 mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. After coming to the age of reason, Ernest took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 sp. Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is chestnut and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Ar-Baruk was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'8", this man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Cockaby was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.