Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in a small plains village. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave 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 plains due to the painful memories there. Ernest took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up bow and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 39000 sp. Moonstone (30 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears just a white suit. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a Body Guard, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When Hugh reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an entirely blue suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Junk Dealer, but he got bored and became a Unemployed. He became a Unemployed soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a hunchback. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 Tanner. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He has brown eyes and a violet hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. After a long history of fighting, Reynard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Lazy, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.