Description: A 5'5" eastern man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Herbalist, but he got bored and became a Map Maker. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears bulky green painted plate armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his chestnut hair down. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Red garnet (110 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the north to a Tailor, Naill learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 13000 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a yellow shirt, with a pastel mid length shorts with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears his brown hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a Mortician, his father struggled to pay the bills. When Adran reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2200 gp. Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

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.