Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His brown hair is cut short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Aust and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1100 gp. Amber (110 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Jade (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a Miller, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is chestnut and curly. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad violet hat.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the north to a Architect, Hadarai learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Architect for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Performer does. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly spears and nunchakus. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Performer born in the past three hundred years. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dreali grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Dreali. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to be a courier again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has moderate length white hair. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He refers to his adoptive father 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 160 pp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp).