Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear flannel, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: In love, Family, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Rurik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Rurik was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Rurik's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to be a butcher again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp. Azurite (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears his white hair down. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a Sellsword, his father struggled to pay the bills. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (20 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greataxe, but if one is not available he will default to his warhammer. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Kothûg and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 sp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He carries a battered flail and tarnished shield as well. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Valafar was born with his mother's beautiful face. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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. 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. Valafar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in earthy colors with a green and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her bronze crest in a pixie cut. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Cynical, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. His hair is golden and very short. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of a Sculptor, who enjoyed hunting, Veit was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was taken from his home at a very young age. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy black hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nicholas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Nicholas was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature club.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 gp.