Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, yellow shirt, and black tie. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Arannis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Arannis abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a pastel tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries with him a set of scythes, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde hair is still thick. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in a small forest village. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1700 gp. Jet (90 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

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 moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1500 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Peridot (70 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp).