Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the north to a Soapmaker, Varis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a guard again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 9000 cp. Eye agate (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Average lock.

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. His hair is white and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a great chef.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Rimple's homeland. Rimple decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a great chef.

History: Bethrynna lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 pp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Jet (90 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stylist. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and human compassion

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp).