Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: John hails from a village terrorized by drow. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving John alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. White opal (1200 gp). Citrine (60 gp). White pearl (100 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: The child of a Slave Trader, who enjoyed hunting, Hunter was taken on many hunting expeditions. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 900 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Weaver but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Dean lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp.