Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is short and golden. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull red iron scale mail. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Apothecary. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Aelar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and balancing his hectic life and new apothecary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.