Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad tan hat.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gifted student he started as a Interpreter, but he got bored and became a Apothecary. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries shortbows. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. 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: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is short and auburn. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born into a rich family. Tharivol was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Architect. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 220 pp. Black opal (700 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Red spinel (70 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His hair is cut close to his head. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is an amazing painter.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Being a Seamstress kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the north to a Hunter, Ivellios learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his 14th 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: A deep hatred of brigands; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.