Description: An older man who wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear blue tank tops with grey pants, and he perpetually has his dagger ready. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, In love, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. 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: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2200 sp. Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Diggory's homeland. Diggory decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an entirely brown suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bellfounder. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 900 gp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Jet (90 gp). Moss agate (12 gp).