Description: 6'7" and muscular, this eastern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His gold crest has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in the east to a Sage, Heskan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Heskan abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her club with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Balifra never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses like a well dressed Banker does. He wears his chestnut hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Thervan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Thervan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Emerald (800 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: He wears a blue top hat and blue clothes. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Erdan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 19th 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 sp.