Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, green shirt, and black tie. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Kilvar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. His addictions have taken their toll on his wallet, and he has found himself with a great deal of debt owed.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2300 gp. Azurite (13 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Jade (160 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Coral (160 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His gray fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He has blue eyes and a pastel hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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, Cloud is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Sard (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with pastel slacks. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dûgza grew up listening to his father's many stories. Dûgza 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 50 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Caramip was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rose (20 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He has moderate length black hair. He has black eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.