Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 20th 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing his hectic life and new mason responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. He carries with him a set of kukris on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lucan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Black pearl (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Rose (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a violet vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his violet boots flare out at the collars. His hair is long and red with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears dull violet sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. His head has been shaved. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

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. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he has a crush on the local fisher

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 gp. Jet (40 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.