Description: He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Nordak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Nordak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and balancing his hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 3'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. His black hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kellen grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kellen. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has dark red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his black eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He very much looks the part of a Engraver. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.