Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses like a well dressed Carter does. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Carter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). White opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, John 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Altho was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Seamstress. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His crest is green, silky, and of moderate length. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Kerkad 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His purple hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise white.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 80000 cp. Emerald (1300 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.