Description: He wears professional attire. He is physically well-built. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Blacksmith profession.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. John was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mayor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

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. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Adelard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 70000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and expand his business

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Pink pearl (160 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Amber (160 gp). Peridot (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'1" and is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Guy 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp.