Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'0". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and his gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Hugh was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp).

Description: He wears just a brown suit. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the east. Mordai 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 has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 sp. Red garnet (130 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He has done his best to style his white fur to look like a famous performer. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Gifted from a young age, Serpent studied abroad. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is typically in his Painter uniform. His green crest is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Fortune-teller, but he was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arjhan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.