Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. He has a very tight haircut. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 160 pp. Azurite (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Rose (40 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this northern man likes to wear black tank tops with pastel pants. His hair is short and blue. His ears are large.

Personality: Barakas hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Fisher father left him crippled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paggen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears his silver crest up. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'2" when asserting himself. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in the east to a Actor, Namfoodle learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp.