Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Body Guard. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His first spouse was a Seamstress, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Jet (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Jade (100 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Halimath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats 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 dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Jade (160 gp). Onyx (20 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.