Description: A middle-aged man, he is typically in his Miner uniform, and is pretty ugly. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He works hard and plays hard.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is auburn and curly. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and doesn't want to be a servant and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Coral (110 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Through the years after Tharivol was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Tharivol's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tharivol fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Azurite (5 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his silver hair down. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Berrian grew up listening to his father's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Sage. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears grey trousers with brown and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a very tight haircut. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

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. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.