Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'5" when asserting himself. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bricklayer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bricklayer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp. White pearl (160 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he very much looks the part of a Miner. His hair is brown and curly. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the west to a Miner, Dean learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Baker again.

Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 10000 cp. Moonstone (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Jade (90 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a violet vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his violet boots flare out at the collars. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Shane is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Shane 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a black cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Carpenter profession.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are amber.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 20000 cp.