Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a quarterstaff on his belt. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: To protect his home; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His silver hair is lengthy. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 27000 sp. Red spinel (40 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: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a brown coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Red garnet (60 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Moss agate (6 gp).