Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his black hair down. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

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 died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Halimath grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Halimath. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair is braided into rings. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Korfel enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Korfel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 90 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'5" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His hair is golden and very short. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears professional attire. Her tied-back hair is red. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Monk school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).