Description: This malnourished man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a Doctor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Doctor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Rose (20 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His attire stands in sharp contrast to his greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He has no hair. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and carries shields. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gifted from a young age, Paelias studied abroad. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears his black hair up. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2100 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Erdan grew up listening to his father's many stories. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Erdan 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 Erdan. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.