Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears an entirely grey suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the west to a Laborer, Aldous learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Laborer and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Laborer like his mother before him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to be a bookbinder again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fancy violet suit. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Performer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the north to a Performer, Naill learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Naill took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and balancing his hectic life and new performer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: He wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed axe, just in case. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished axe as well. He has wavy black hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Sapply was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Sapply's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Sapply and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fisher. His red hair is singed and shortened. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He struck the Fisher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fisher and was forced into it by his family; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 210 gp.