Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and balancing his hectic life and new farmer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a very tight haircut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Peter was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has moderate length golden hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has worked as a Carpenter like his father before him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Geoffrey was born with his mother's beautiful face. Geoffrey was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this western man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has wavy chestnut hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Carter again; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.