Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears tattered old clothes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Naal was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp).

Description: A 5'1" western man, he wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Naeris was taken on many hunting expeditions. He worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Jade (90 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp).