Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1500 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished bastard sword as well. He has moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Actor born in the past three hundred years. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Efferil studied abroad. Efferil 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again; and balancing his hectic life and new actor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a Crown-heir first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: Suhnae lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Jet (100 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with black slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and 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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 10000 cp. Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Jet (50 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Coral (50 gp).