Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the north to a Unemployed, Astar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents were killed by goblins in a raid when he was still a young child. The goblins captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 230 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a blue tunic with brown highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

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

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stableman and was forced into it by his family; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp.