Description: This man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Quarion will drive conversation. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Quarion was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Quarion took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up scimitar and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Military, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Violet garnet (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are blue.

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 minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this southern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is short and silver. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Himo is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Himo was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Interpreter. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is typically in his Carter uniform. He has a hunchback. His hair is short and white. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Carter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south to a Carter, Arannis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Carter for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a dyer again

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 50000 cp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.