Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and carries halberds. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his 17th 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a green coat with blue slacks. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Rolen was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Map Maker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 900 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. He carries with him a set of greataxes on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His black hair is lengthy. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Traki alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Revenge; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 pp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Sard (60 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His childhood dream was to be a Baker, but he was a colossal failure. He became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: To be a Baker again; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Jasper (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).