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. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 230 pp. Azurite (8 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. His red hair is singed and shortened. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Wiggan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'1". He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf, and his gloved hand is found clutching a trident. His black fur is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Cask was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Obsidian (11 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the north. When Nutae reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.