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 hair is white and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the south to a Animal Trainer, Ivellios learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Animal Trainer and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 pp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Hunter. She has no hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her childhood dream was to be a Stylist, but she was a colossal failure. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1600 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Amnon was born the youngest of three triplets. Amnon was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Slave Trader. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1100 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a grey scarf. He wears a colorful flower in his scarlet crest. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Amber (60 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Jade (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is typically in her Baker uniform. Her black hair is still thick. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gurdis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in an above average manner. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Violet garnet (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She keeps her long silver crest kept up in a rat tail. She has red eyes.

Personality: Hillanot is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Hillanot was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hillanot 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 feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp).