Description: He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has wavy red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Bulzo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is an epitome of beauty. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Conrad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Masseuse, but he got bored and became a Marshal. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Impulsive, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Ploughman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Ghaliver was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ghaliver's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (90 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Rose (60 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Jade (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ahrim was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ahrim decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).