Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shoemaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (30 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for him, and Balimaar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body and is in decent physical shape. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson grey hat.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Wymar was born the youngest of three triplets. Wymar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Wymar decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He has blue eyes and a green hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.