Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue vest and prefers tan and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and is pretty ugly. His red crest is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: Sethrekar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Healer profession.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A freak accident while working with his Healer father left him crippled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 380 pp. Amethyst (140 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His purple hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. He has no hair. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He takes great joy in being the best Actor in town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new actor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 6000 cp. Azurite (6 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ront grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Moss agate (14 gp).