Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Thamior was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and he's in love

Ideals: Passionate, Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Iolite (80 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Sard (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood, and carries swords. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. White opal (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Pink pearl (160 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.

Description: He wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Erdan hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Sardonyx (30 gp). Jacinth (7000 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Rose (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp).