Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and blue robe with the hood down. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Manfred took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Cartwright they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Map Maker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Iolite (50 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Jade (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern man is dressed in earthy colors with a green and black handkerchief worn on his right side. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a miner again

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull green iron scale mail. His white hair is still thick. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Engraver and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is typically in his Sage uniform. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Sage. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.