Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is lengthy. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a very tight haircut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Volen was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a long, black cloak. His gold crest is heavily combed to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bidreked's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. In his 12th 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 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: Revenge; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 sp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Coral (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His gold crest is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He got into the Sage business at a young age. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has worked as a Sage like his mother before him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.