Description: He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a white scarf. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a Hunter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Nicholas was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He usually wears his red robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder, and he perpetually has his dagger ready. His head has been shaved. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His tied-back hair is brown. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).

Description: Standing 5'1", this man wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Guard born in the past three hundred years. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has a crush on the local fletcher

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp.