Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'5". He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fortune-teller, and his gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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 born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Zed was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her dark red hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Beggar business.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has worked as a Beggar like her father before her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Slave, Job, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 gp. Red garnet (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Jet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. After coming to the age of reason, Silvo took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Tanglefoot bags.