Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of glaives, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is cut close to his head. He has white eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Oriax was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This woman wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the right. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Dworic never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 120 pp.