Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in earthy colors with a red and violet handkerchief worn on his left side. His yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He has worked as a Cartwright like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears violet trousers with green and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and he perpetually has his mace ready. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bucklal's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mason business.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 15. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Windy was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy red suit. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is white and very short. He is baby faced.

Personality: Vassago speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Vassago has worked very hard to control his curse. He bought a flail and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp).