Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Varis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He likes to wear brown tank tops with white pants. His hair is long and silver with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born in the north to a Barrister, Barendd learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He then took over the family business and is one of the better Barrister for hire.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30 pp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He carries a battered spear and tarnished whip as well. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Don fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp).