Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He struck the Mortician job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She dresses like a well dressed Stableman does. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bimpnottin studied abroad. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. After a long history of fighting, Bimpnottin and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, marred by teas. He wears his red hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Henry was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Cleric, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Cleric in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a black collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blue hair is smooth and relatively long. He is baby faced.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Animal Trainer born in the past three hundred years. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Thamuz was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).