Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His crest is silver and curly. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Jet (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He likes to wear brown tank tops with blue pants. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 36000 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a yellow collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is silver and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Takra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Terse, Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30000 cp. Obsidian (7 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Banker. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Oskar 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears baggy red pantaloons and a yellow scarf. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His childhood dream was to be a Brewer, but he was a colossal failure. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is greedy; and balancing his hectic life and new interpreter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.