Description: He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He tends to his Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 18000 cp. Black pearl (900 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'2". He wears bulky brown painted plate armor, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. He has wavy brown fur. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Jade was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Jade's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Frouse was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Rose (60 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Rose (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: White pearl (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ermina's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Ermina was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dilettante. She bought a sword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and likes to wear green tank tops with black skirt. Her crest, while still mostly gold, has prominent grey streaks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Weaver profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tethren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He's also a talented Weaver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Blue star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. The war was a terrible time for him, and Roge does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Roge fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 80 gp. Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a worn and beaten armor and is in decent physical shape. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 50000 cp. Emerald (1200 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.