Description: This man stands a little under 6'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. A freak accident while working with his Priest mother left him crippled. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue sapphire (600 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a great chef.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Arnold abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Backpack. 1 Backpack.

Description: This malnourished man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is golden and curly. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Clerebold hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's also a talented Navigator, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Revenge; and he desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a white coat with blue slacks. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 16000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a grey vest and prefers black and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is blonde and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Roland is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.