Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has white eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: Barakas hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ruler business.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp. Zircon (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Fire opal (900 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rohesia grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 sp. Amber (100 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her ceremonial dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her brown fur is thinning but still full. Her ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This light-skinned male typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His head has been shaved. He has brown eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.