Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His tied-back hair is golden. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 tends to his Miner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and carries nunchakus. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Enialis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Enialis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Smoky quartz (60 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Azurite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Mindartis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age his father died while driving off some giants. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in pickaxe use. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'3" southern man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, brown shirt, and white tie. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aerdeth was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aerdeth decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 80 pp. Black pearl (600 gp). Sard (50 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).