Description: This man wears bulky red painted plate armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has done his best to style his red crest to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp. Coral (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 130 pp. Azurite (15 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'6". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His fur, while still mostly orange, has prominent grey streaks. His yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a sai and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ernest grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ernest. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tattered old clothes. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the north to a Painter, Norman learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Norman was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Norman decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. Malachite (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).