Description: He wears a red armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down, and carries rapiers. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Bertram speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Bertram has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her crest is copper and very short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Furrele alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sage. She sports a flattop hair cut. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sage who has hired her part-time. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her childhood dream was to be a Roofer, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With wild chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Malquis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.