Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, marred by sweets. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Coral (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: He wears a white vest and prefers brown and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He got into the Sellsword business at a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Body Guard born in the past three hundred years. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Adran was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Adran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He tends to wear a large white jacket, marred by teas. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: Hadarai is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Hadarai liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a simple tan robe with blue stripes complete with hood. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3200 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.