Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His gold crest is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Moonstone (50 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black hair is thinning but still full. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears her silver hair up. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 330 gp. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a brown shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants. His hair is golden and curly. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Now he works as a poetry tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Artistic, Fighting, Logical. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: An older man who wears dull blue sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longbow, just in case, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his golden hair up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gifted student he started as a Dyer, but he got bored and became a Soapmaker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2800 gp. A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.