Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western man wears a worn and beaten armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Gunter and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'4". He wears a blue collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hubert studied abroad. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a blue vest and prefers brown and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

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 invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.