Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Adelard wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: The child of a Banker, who enjoyed hunting, Adelard was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Simon's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Healer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a Layabout, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Crowbar.

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 a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a longsword on his belt. He has no hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Aldous learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Spice Merchant. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3100 sp. 4 Thunderstones. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Godfrey is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.