Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. He is baby faced.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

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. When Efferil reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.