Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Shag was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and doesn't want to be a sage and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He wears his dark red hair up. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his glaive with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination and is in decent physical shape. He has black hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Ernest 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, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 cp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: Standing 4'3", this man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a green scarf. She has moderate length black hair. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 70 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). 4 Thunderstones.

Description: He is a mite stocky and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Revenge; and to be a bather again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Addict, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 150 gp.