Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. His red crest is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He wears a green top hat and green clothes. He has wavy red hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 10. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. A true patriot, Jak would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Poor, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'8". He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and his gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. He has chestnut hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 12000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp).

Description: Standing 6'10", this man wears long strands of aquamarine and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Cressel 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 was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Soapmaker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Spy, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and doesn't want to be a spy and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of tridents, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has blonde hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 8000 sp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp).