Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Gardener, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red garnet (110 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Coral (110 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the south to a Scribe, Hadarai learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. At some point he was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 sp. Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and kukris. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in the east. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jet (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears just a black suit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Aerdeth studied abroad. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: To be a Detective again.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear flannel, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is red and curly. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2900 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.