Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and white tie. His fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Five has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. The war was a terrible time for him, and Aelar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He wears his beige fur down. This copper eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Interpreter like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Interpreter responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tattered old clothes. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Damakos lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2900 gp. Red garnet (100 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp).