Description: He wears a brown vest and prefers black and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Iolite (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'3". She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. She has wavy brown hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Decarabia's homeland. Decarabia decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Revenge; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is a Gardener first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north to a Gardener, Lia learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She has wavy black hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Anne was born the youngest of three triplets. Through the years after Anne was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Anne's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has worked as a Body Guard like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to be a servant again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his auburn hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Cagak was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Cagak 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp).