Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Quarion grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). After a long history of fighting, Quarion and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 4000 gp. Iolite (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He has wavy red hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Paelias has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Unemployed. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.