Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple black robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of a Ploughman, who enjoyed hunting, Anselm was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright pastel suits and hats. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. The war was a terrible time for him, and Dustin does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dustin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is cut short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fisher. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gerard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Hugh liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and he perpetually has his trident ready. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: John wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, John is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp.