Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears professional attire. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Arannis was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, 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 Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple grey robe with violet stripes complete with hood. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Oskar was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a black broad hat and black clothes. His blue crest is still thick. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Salasar 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: Salasar was born with his mother's beautiful face. His first spouse was a Bather, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To be a Bather again; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He dresses like a well dressed Roofer does. His tied-back hair is blonde. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Aerdeth's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Aerdeth was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 80 gp.

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 sports a flattop crest cut. 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 considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mishann fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a blue and yellow robe with the hood down. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rangrim isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Rangrim alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his white hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Frug abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 60 gp. Red garnet (40 gp).