Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Bernard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. 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 wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1200 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 18000 cp. Moonstone (40 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely blue suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He carries a battered kukri and tarnished scimitar as well. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Painter again.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His hair is red and very short. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Richard hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Gardener. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Gardener.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 16000 cp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Randal is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp.