Description: He wears a grey vest and prefers pastel and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ernest embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 gp. Malachite (11 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Balam studied abroad. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His hair is white and very short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Trey was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Racist. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Bardryn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She uses divination through singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pyntle was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Pyntle 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 Pyntle. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.