Description: He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 170 pp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a simple blue robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Dyer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's in love

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1200 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Moonstone (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is cut short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Rael hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Sage uniform. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He tends to his Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Malachite (11 gp).