Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2100 sp. White pearl (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 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 suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gomory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His silver hair is long and unkept. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Robert lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Dilettante, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 15000 sp. Moss agate (15 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, brown shirt, and black tie. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has no hair. He has amber eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Simon speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Backpack.