Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gerard grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To be a Shoemaker again.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 cp. Amber (60 gp).

Description: He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a brown scarf. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has wavy auburn hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Tanner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He wears a blue top hat and blue clothes. He has wavy brown hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Trym does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Emotional, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This man wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has a crush on the local jeweler

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 gp.