Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Blacksmith. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 70 pp. Emerald (1200 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'8", this man is typically in his Beggar uniform. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

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 always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a Crown-heir, his father struggled to pay the bills. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic, PTSD. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a white top hat and white clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Barkeep. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Wymar was born with his father's beautiful face. Wymar was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barkeep responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2400 sp. 1 Smokesticks. 4 Antitoxin. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This eastern man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aldous studied abroad. 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. White opal (1300 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp).