Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Balam was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Actor. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 26000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). White opal (400 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). White opal (400 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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: Percival was born the youngest of three triplets. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His head has been shaved. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his blue hair up. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: A 6'4" eastern man, he is wearing a long, black cloak. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Fletcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His hair is chestnut and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When Godfrey reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Coral (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Amber (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Right-Handed was born with her mother's beautiful face. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.