Description: An older man who wears silk and lounges about seductively, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gifted student he started as a Bookbinder, but he got bored and became a Adventurer. He struck the Adventurer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Adventurer responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Standing 5'9", this man wears just a green suit. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Frederick was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shoemaker responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a grey vest and prefers green and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His head has been shaved. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Anselm was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents enrolled him in a Warrior school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His white hair is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Coral (90 gp).