Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. 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 auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Unemployed. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is an amazing painter.

History: Baern was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Unemployed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Emerald (1400 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp).

Description: This man wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red fur, when down, is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'10". He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his black hair down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Beiro hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This northern man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his red fur in a pixie cut. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Five does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Five was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: A 4'8" northern man, he has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

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 has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1600 sp.