Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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. After a long history of fighting, Don and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Apothecary profession.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Guy took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Iolite (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Rose (50 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Healer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Alex studied abroad. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Alex took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up shield and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 30 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'2" when asserting himself. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 34000 sp.