Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear grey tank tops with white pants, and is pretty ugly. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. A true patriot, Varis would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He worked as a nervous Bellfounder and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Apothecary again; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. Umpen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Server arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 26000 cp. Black pearl (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: This man wears blue trousers with violet and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. His hair is long and black with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his purple hair down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a Performer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. After coming to the age of reason, Akmen took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Performer.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 150 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).