Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 12th 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 he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 pp. Citrine (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sage. His auburn hair is still thick. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sage who has hired him part-time. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Military, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'8" northern man, he dresses like a well dressed Sage does. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sage for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.