Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a simple brown robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. The war was a terrible time for him, and Thomas does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

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. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. Coral (70 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a green shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Heward lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: Rolf hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. 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: Rolf hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Guy was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.