Description: He stands about 4'9" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his auburn hair up. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is cut close to his head. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is an amazing painter.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 16th 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: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Black pearl (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Jade (70 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). 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 wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His ears are large.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Actor. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 120 pp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is typically in his Bookbinder uniform. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bookbinder. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Peren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Expand his business; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.