Description: He is scrawny and has patchy green crest. He wears a green coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He has a hunchback. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Nykkan was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Fortune-teller. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 sp. Zircon (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: An older man who wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is singed and shortened. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Zepar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Anthony hails from a village terrorized by drow. 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anthony fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a black collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blue hair is smooth and relatively long. He is baby faced.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Animal Trainer born in the past three hundred years. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Thamuz was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his 17th 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 is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'7" and is typically in his Glassblower uniform. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a very tight haircut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Glassblower. He is a great chef.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He struck the Glassblower job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a bookbinder again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.