Description: 3'3" and muscular, this northern man wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His head has been shaved. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Coral (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Jet (70 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has shaved her head bald. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Symma was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is long and unkept. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He got into the Ploughman business at a young age. A freak accident while working with his Baker mother left him crippled. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She prefers to wear flannel. She has no hair. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Anakis was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has achieved small success as a Mercenary.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 14000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has silver hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a whip and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 pp.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Actor, and carries daggers. Her head has been shaved. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Actor. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Quillathe is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.