Description: This late middle aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

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 is obsessed with his god.

History: The child of a Locksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Gomory was taken on many hunting expeditions. A freak accident while working with his Locksmith mother left him crippled. He has worked as a Seamstress like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it and is in decent physical shape. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Ekemon is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He comes from a rich western family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a miller and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 150 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

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. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Lûga alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a large green jacket. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is scarred and worn.

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 is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bertram studied abroad. Bertram 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. Bertram 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1700 sp.