Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His brown hair is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tordek fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He very much looks the part of a Merchant. His lavender fur is unkempt and raggedy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ethereal grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His crest is cut close to his head. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is a great chef.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: A 6'0" eastern man, he wears a black broad hat and black clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and red handkerchief worn on her left side, marred by beers. She has wavy white hair. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 4. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Kathra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She has wavy blue hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Beleth was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.