Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aerdeth 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 Aerdeth. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; 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: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Black opal (600 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aust grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and red robe with the hood down. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Halimath took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 210 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, blue shirt, and black tie. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are violet.

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. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the east to a Detective, Korfel learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 Detective. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has moderate length brown hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Erdan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2100 gp.