Description: Standing 6'9", this man wears pastel trousers with black and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His fur is red and curly. His yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

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 parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He dresses like a well dressed Laborer does, marred by beers. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Laborer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear flannel, and is pretty ugly. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

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. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.