Description: 6'1" and muscular, this northern man wears professional attire. His crest is cut close to his head. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 8000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her scarlet crest is still thick. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. A true patriot, Furrele would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. 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. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Coral (70 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Jade (70 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a fancy red dress. Her hair is short and blonde. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Robbie was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 pp. Fire opal (400 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this eastern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. He has moderate length black crest. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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 father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Coral (60 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Menny grew up listening to her father's many stories. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Malachite (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Sard (20 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Being born in the east, 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 east 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. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a bowyer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Dalaba was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and balancing her hectic life and new farmer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 gp. White pearl (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jet (160 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).