Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His white hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Citrine (60 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Amber (140 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 Spice Merchant. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 20000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Rose (70 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He keeps his rusty crest in a pixie cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Fletcher and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Jade (80 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his chestnut hair down. His white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Sard (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: 4'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a club on his belt. His hair is cut close to his head. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. 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. 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. Elaim 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 tiefling compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is dressed in an above average manner. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. His dark red hair is heavily combed to the right. His red eyes peer out from beneath his top green hat.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Mamnen was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and doesn't want to be a architect and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 12000 gp.