Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He worked as a nervous Apothecary and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Apothecary.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a painter again

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a red collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Layabout, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 pp. Peridot (20 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Emerald (1500 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. His silver hair is still thick. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Blacksmith born in the past three hundred years. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.