Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in an above average manner. His rusty crest is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Miller they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Tanner, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To protect his home; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'3" and wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fisher. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Mehen lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student he started as a Dyer, but he got bored and became a Fisher. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fisher and was forced into it by his family; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Heather grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect her home; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 gp.