Description: This younger middle-aged man wears baggy red pantaloons and a white scarf, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and carries bastard swords. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Raymond was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses like a well dressed Cook does. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 Cook. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a green shirt with thin white vertical stripes and violet pants. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. His ears are large.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 10000 cp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of flails on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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: Diggory lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp.