Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses like a well dressed Baker does. He has done his best to style his copper crest to look like a famous performer. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. After coming to the age of reason, Srorthen took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries with him a set of daggers on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and flails. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Raer was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Raer decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

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; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Miller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her dark red hair is singed and shortened. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Astaro was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Unemployed. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sickle, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents were killed by goblins in a raid when she was still a young child. The goblins captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 80 gp. Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Born to a Fisher, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her first spouse was a Fisher, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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 born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Andraste was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Andraste decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is black and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Gifted from a young age, Valafar studied abroad. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: He stands about 4'7" and dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is auburn and curly. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Paelias took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up longbow and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.