Description: This man wears a green costume with the symbols of magic on his torso, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Damien took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up crossbow and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This man wears an entirely violet suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

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. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. After a long history of fighting, Bertram and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. 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 Mortician. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).