Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south to a Painter, Gilbert learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Pacifist, Logical. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He wears his blonde hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an entirely black suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Herbalist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has moderate length brown hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Adelard was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

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

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.