Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Nature, Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears dull black sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shield, just in case, and carries shields. He has moderate length black hair. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cairn 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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 120 gp. Jade (50 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He comes from a rich western family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, In love, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a tan tunic with blue highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'10" eastern man, he wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 30 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He has no hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gifted student he started as a Brewer, but he got bored and became a Barber. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Godfrey hails from a village terrorized by giants. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to giants.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with violet slacks. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her silver crest up. She has red eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her rusty crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She has red eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 40 gp.