Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Hugh lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 22000 sp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp).

Description: He wears a pastel wide-brimmed hat and pastel clothes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His black hair is still thick. He has hazel eyes and a pastel hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. After coming to the age of reason, Cockaby took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To be a Bricklayer again; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His head has been shaved. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Priest who has hired him part-time. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Rael was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His first spouse was a Painter, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Peridot (80 gp). White opal (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His fur is cinnamon, silky, and of moderate length. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 sp. Jasper (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of halberds, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his chestnut hair up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Astar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).