Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull red iron scale mail. His white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 8000 sp. Eye agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears dull blue sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed club, just in case. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student he started as a Shepherd, but he got bored and became a Fletcher. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears just a brown suit, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in the east to a Sage, Lamlis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Sage for hire.

Motivation: To be a Jeweler again; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Naeris will drive conversation. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Naeris was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He has a very tight haircut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Cockaby was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2400 gp.