Description: He dresses like a well dressed Merchant does. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. He has violet eyes and a violet hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A gifted student he started as a Mortician, but he got bored and became a Merchant. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 8000 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is red and very short. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. A true patriot, Purban would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a Interpreter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a interpreter again

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Star ruby (700 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 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 professional attire. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a black small hat and black clothes. Her golden hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Rose (50 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barkeep. She carries a battered flail and tarnished quarterstaff as well. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her first spouse was a Cook, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Cook they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Barkeep, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A freak accident while working with her Junk Dealer mother left her crippled. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Cynical, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bather born in the past three hundred years. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.