Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. His bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is greedy

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He stands about 6'3" and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Grom was born with his father's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Bonds: Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her copper crest is singed and shortened. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Sculptor; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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 gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hadarai fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 210 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Cory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has no hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Gurdis is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His blue hair is long and unkept. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Morthos never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and doesn't want to be a soapmaker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Roofer. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Vilberg's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Sellsword; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He keeps his long purple hair kept up in a rat tail. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady black eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tethren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.