Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears just a white suit. He has a hunchback. His black hair is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Revenge; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His tied-back hair is black. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a Priest first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 pp. Jasper (80 gp). Jet (40 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.