Description: He wears a fancy black suit, and carries maces. He sports a flattop crest cut. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this western man wears tattered old clothes. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Kali was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When Kali reached her early adolescence her Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 10000 sp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on his belt. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Senteq was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bricklayer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a falchion on his belt. He wears a colorful flower in his brown fur. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Shadow was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.