Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Mantus was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a pastel shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them and is in decent physical shape. His brown fur is greasy and uncared for. His yellow eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson pastel hat.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Spear was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Aristocrat, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Aristocrat in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. A true patriot, Arannis would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and violet handkerchief worn on his right side. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Miner, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and doesn't want to be a miner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Immeral was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Gardener. He's also a talented Actor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears a colorful flower in his blue hair. His skin is flawless and his silver eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Merihim and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1600 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Jade (150 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Sard (30 gp).

Description: She wears a pastel costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has dyed her greying beige fur a little too much giving a sharp beige color. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Fisher. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.