Description: This late middle aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the west. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and pastel robe with the hood down. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ahvain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. After coming to the age of reason, Ahvain took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Laucian will drive conversation. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Laucian 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 tends to his Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this western man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the west. Mindartis was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Marshal. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Heian isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 80 pp.