Description: He dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a white coat with blue slacks, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1700 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Eiravel hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Body Guard born in the past three hundred years. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Adran was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Adran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He tends to wear a large white jacket, marred by teas. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: Hadarai is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Hadarai liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a simple tan robe with blue stripes complete with hood. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3200 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.