Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His red hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a great chef.

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. In his youth he was a Fisher, 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 brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. 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: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Sutha alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Malachite (6 gp). White opal (400 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). White opal (400 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears bulky tan painted plate armor. She carries a battered halberd and tarnished pickaxe as well. Her silver hair is still thick. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Coral (70 gp). White opal (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Lamlis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Cartwright. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 pp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

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

Possessions: 6000 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Rose (70 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Amber (100 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Jade (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Amber (100 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: This woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, tan shirt, and blue tie. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 10000 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Rose (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Amethyst (100 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a grey collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He tends to his Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.