Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Patrin studied abroad. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 60000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp).

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She carries a battered falchion and tarnished longsword as well. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 90 gp. Jet (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears just a violet suit. His brown hair is cut short. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born in the north. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Terse. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 40 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: He likes to wear tan tank tops with brown pants. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Fabien was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He worked as a nervous Armorer and found it very stressful. He tends to his Armorer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40000 sp. Azurite (8 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 2'9" and is dressed in an above average manner. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Bella was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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. Bella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and tabaxi compassion

Flaws: Racist, Shy, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1600 sp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has styled his blue crest well, parting it to the right. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Srorthen is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Srorthen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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 north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his white crest down. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Kaladan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a sickle and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Good lock.