Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear green tank tops with grey pants, and is pretty ugly. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Heward was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 36000 sp.

Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Clerebold enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Clerebold was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Clerebold was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2200 sp. Red spinel (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is typically in his Miner uniform. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Miner but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by drow. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 27000 cp. Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Azurite (16 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is long and brown with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Jeweler born in the past three hundred years. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Religious, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.