Description: He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with black slacks. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the west. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Uthemar 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 Uthemar. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: 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; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1200 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has moderate length auburn hair. He has green eyes.

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 uses divination through singing.

History: Gennal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Blacksmith, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears skinny pants and wears a green and blue robe with the hood down. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nim was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a very tight haircut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1900 gp. Black opal (1200 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.