Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered grey hat.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Guy was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His silver hair is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is physically well-built. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 pp. Amber (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and expand her business

Flaws: Racist, Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 sp. Jet (130 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).