Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Aramil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 12000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Scribe does. His auburn hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Scribe for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and black handkerchief worn on his right side. He carries with him a set of shields, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Azurite (7 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Sard (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: A 3'6" western man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Erky is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He bought a greatsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Gifted from a young age, Maegan studied abroad. Maegan was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bather. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Major magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Bertram is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bertram was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp).

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished shortspear as well. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is an amazing painter.

History: Geva was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Geva fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Rose (50 gp). Azurite (16 gp).