Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Aramil was taken on many hunting expeditions. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a green and grey robe with the hood down. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a fancy green suit and is in decent physical shape. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his 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 is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the south to a Brewer, Uthemar learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His red hair is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. 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 Barber. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barber responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.