Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. 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 black hair is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Torz studied abroad. His childhood dream was to be a Apothecary, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His black hair is still thick. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Malachite (11 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is purple, silky, and of moderate length. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Body Guard for hire.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and white robe with the hood down. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Brottor was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Baker. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Jeweler, but he got bored and became a Soapmaker. He has worked as a Soapmaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult; and to be a jeweler again

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40 pp.