Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Carpenter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Carpenter responsibilities is difficult; and many gnolls want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 13000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

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 Elf in existence. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Chrysoprase (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy white suit. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Aerdeth lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jet (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Doctor born in the past three hundred years. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Heian was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has achieved small success as a Doctor.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 pp.