Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses like a well dressed Interpreter does. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to be a banker again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a fancy grey suit. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Morkral was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, grey cloak. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the north. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Tim was born with his mother's beautiful face. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Tim has worked very hard to control his curse. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).