Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a green vest and prefers red and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Oppleby was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His fur, while still mostly cinnamon, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Nimble lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Ploughman and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 9000 sp. Jet (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: This northern man is typically in his Sage uniform. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears just a red suit. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 900 sp.