Description: He dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. He carries with him a set of flails, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His brown hair is long and unkept. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nicholas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Smoky quartz (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it, and is pretty ugly. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Iolite (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. His hair is short and silver. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Geoffrey is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Geoffrey was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Geoffrey fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, In love. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Hunter learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a sai and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp.