Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. His tied-back hair is silver. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Baker born in the past three hundred years. Mindartis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the north to a Baker, Mindartis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Baker and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Jet (130 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Rose (30 gp). Jet (130 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. He has moderate length blonde hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Paelias was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his youth he was a Ruler, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Enialis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 pp. Amber (90 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).