Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear black tank tops with tan pants. His white hair is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Balimaar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Armorer. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is still thick. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Bernard was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Armorer. He has achieved small success as a Armorer.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a long, black cloak. His black hair is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Glassblower.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Forgetful, Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.