Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, blue shirt, and grey tie. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 80 pp. 3 Antitoxin. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: He is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a black vest and prefers green and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a Mason, his father struggled to pay the bills. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He tends to his Adventurer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Chad speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He takes great joy in being the best Merchant in town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.