Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His crest is white, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Rivaan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Rivaan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue star sapphire (800 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: An older woman who is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, she is not a threatening figure. Her yellow fur is thinning but still full. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Flask will drive conversation. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Flask hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Flask alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and balancing her hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 pp. Amethyst (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Star ruby (500 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He usually wears his blue robe and has his whip always slung over his shoulder. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gray.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his long red fur kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Five was born with his father's beautiful face. Five 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Layabout; and wants his loneliness to end

Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Has a crush, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).