Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 10000 cp. White pearl (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and grey robe with the hood down. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. After a long history of fighting, Adam and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 900 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Sard (70 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'2" and prefers to wear flannel. He wears his golden hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, tan shirt, and green tie. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Diggory took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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 drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is cut short. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Military, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.