Description: He has a missing right arm. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His blue hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was taken from his home at a very young age. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: 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; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a pastel wide-brimmed hat and pastel clothes. He has dyed his greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. His copper eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He takes great joy in being the best Crown-heir in town.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, grey cloak. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Baker. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to be a farmer again

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 90 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a green scarf. She wears her brown hair up. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp).