Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His white hair is knotted and matted. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Rael is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is portly but not overly obese. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Beiro was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 south. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).