Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Ahvain was born the youngest of three triplets. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sage and was forced into it by his family; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Rose (30 gp). Jade (160 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a green broad hat and green clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Weaver father left him crippled. After a long history of fighting, Varis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and is pretty ugly. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a blue coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30000 cp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is chestnut and curly. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Naill is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 7000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.