Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Varis speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Hadarai was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a pastel scarf. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in a small forest village. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 180 pp. Sard (70 gp). Pink diamond (7000 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His tied-back hair is blonde. He has gray eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Slave Trader born in the past three hundred years. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp.