Description: He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He is portly but not overly obese. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Engraver, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 120000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears skinny pants and wears a green and black robe with the hood down. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the east to a Architect, Laucian learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave 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 island due to the painful memories there. Laucian took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up pickaxe and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. He wears his auburn hair up. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Military, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His chestnut hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Suhnae was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Crown-heir. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

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. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.