Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His auburn hair is cut short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Through the years after Barendd was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Barendd's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Rose (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a green vest and prefers brown and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His black crest is unkempt and raggedy. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is red and curly. His eyes are blue and catlike.

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 lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 90 gp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: She wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her black crest is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He worked as a nervous Ploughman and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Hunter again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Takra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Sculptor, but he got bored and became a Weaver. He has achieved small success as a Weaver.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a brown vest and prefers black and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: An older woman who wears long strands of emerald and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length red hair. 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 believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She bought a greatsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a simple yellow robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has wavy brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Theobald was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Healer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a bricklayer again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 130 gp.