Description: He is in excellent shape and likes to wear black tank tops with blue pants. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Mayor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Thamior lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Immeral is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Immeral is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. A gifted student he started as a Stableman, but he got bored and became a Map Maker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He likes to wear brown tank tops with grey pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aerdeth studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'5". He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and his gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to be a unemployed again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.