Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a green coat with tan slacks. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Immeral was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10 pp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a blue shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and green pants. His silver hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Barber arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. Jet (60 gp).

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. The war was a terrible time for him, and Erdan does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Erdan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Amber (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He got into the Jeweler business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Jeweler for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 30 pp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is black and curly. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Raer grew up listening to his mother's many stories. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp).