Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Uthemar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Uthemar decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available he will default to his bow. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are green.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to be a layabout again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears just a blue suit. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Marshal. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Marshal responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and maces. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nim grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nim. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'10" and is dressed in an above average manner. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).