Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has no crest. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is an amazing painter.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cook and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Nordak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Nordak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and balancing his hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: This man usually wears his green robe and has his longbow always slung over his shoulder. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. He wears his green crest up. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

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. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She sports a flattop crest cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Roofer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished glaive as well. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries sais. With wild golden hair. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She bought a sai and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 16000 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He has green eyes and a yellow hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: Efferil speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries flails. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a Scribe, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.