Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has wavy silver hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 sp. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Antitoxin. 1 Smokesticks. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Giselle hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Giselle is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a simple tan robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her head has been shaved. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Avelina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. She tends to her Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40000 cp. Emerald (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to be a carter again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp.