Description: He is in excellent shape and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Nicholas lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 24000 cp. Iolite (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Dean was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His head has been shaved. His ears are large.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the east to a Stableman, Bertram learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Bertram 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to be a cook again

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has moderate length brown hair. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Dean enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born into a rich family. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Blacksmith and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 pp.