Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp).

Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Trey was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful, Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Thunderstones. 2 Smokesticks. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tan tunic with blue highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anselm grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Arnold's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 gp.