Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears brown trousers with white and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Gunter is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he usually wears his yellow robe and has his morningstar always slung over his shoulder. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Aerdeth liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a Performer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Performer and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 pp. Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Amber (90 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a green collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her blue hair is heavily combed to the left. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady white eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 11000 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his youth he was a Glassblower, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Olrok fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1100 pp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. 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. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he's in love

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 pp. Moonstone (60 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". She wears a worn and beaten armor, and her gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Jacoba will drive conversation. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Jacoba 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. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 9000 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Amber (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.