Description: This man wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has done his best to style his silver crest to look like a famous performer. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born in the east. A gifted student he started as a Performer, but he got bored and became a Interpreter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Alexandrite (1400 gp). Jet (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished warhammer as well. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is a Miller first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Ruler but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Arannis was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a black shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His hair is dark red and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Astar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1100 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. Her yellow fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are copper.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: The child of a Healer, who enjoyed hunting, Great was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Aasathra has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aasathra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to protect her home

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. He has brown eyes and a tan hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nutae grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.