Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a white coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heian studied abroad. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Jade (160 gp). Sard (30 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Crown-heir. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Koeth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Sard (80 gp). Moss agate (9 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 professional attire, and carries sickles. His golden hair is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Erdan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 pp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.