Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He usually wears his black robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. His yellow fur has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2500 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat, and is pretty ugly. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Snafû lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear flannel. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Hoshû abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 pp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.