Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shoemaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a Masseuse, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student he started as a Masseuse, but he got bored and became a Shoemaker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2100 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a white vest and prefers brown and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quarion is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has wavy silver hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His head has been shaved. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Sailor born in the past three hundred years. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Soveliss was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He worked as a nervous Sailor and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 pp. Amber (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Coral (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.