Description: He is in excellent shape and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has no hair. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Oriax was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Bricklayer again; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a green coat with white slacks. His golden hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Map Maker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 Map Maker. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Map Maker.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His rusty crest, when down, is lengthy. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mayor and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: In love, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. The war was a terrible time for him, and Eberdeb does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: 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; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Chain shirt.