Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Herbalist born in the past three hundred years. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2200 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Nim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Nim abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Locksmith.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has blue eyes and a yellow hat with a white feather.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a Fortune-teller, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a tan coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his blonde hair down. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 90 pp. Hematite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears a fancy red suit. His white hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.