Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears grey trousers with tan and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a hunchback. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her scythe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of a Servant, who enjoyed hunting, Susannah was taken on many hunting expeditions. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Patrick was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 700 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.