Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Efferil hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold cup set with emeralds (8000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His first spouse was a Sailor, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 60000 cp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). White opal (800 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Coral (150 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his auburn hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Arannis will drive conversation. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Gifted from a young age, Arannis studied abroad. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 12000 sp. Banded agate (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 sp.