Description: He is a husky man, who wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Ernest is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Ernest is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a doctor and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Conrad was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Geoffrey was born the youngest of three triplets. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Miller they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Herbalist, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His hair is golden and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a Scribe, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to be a scribe again

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Roger lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Priest they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Crown-heir, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Professionalism, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.