Description: 5'10" and muscular, this northern man is wearing a long, blue cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Peter lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Aquamarine (300 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This eastern man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His clothes are grease stained in places. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bucklal 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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 has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1500 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This western man wears baggy blue pantaloons and a pastel scarf. His clothes are grease stained in places. His head has been shaved. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Howard wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Jet (100 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.