Description: This slender man stands about 4'4". He wears a simple tan robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He has chestnut hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Oloric was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe, and carries greatswords. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Halander liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Halander 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; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. 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 in the east to a Performer, Aelar learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. He has achieved small success as a Performer.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Halander never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, Secretive. Bonds: In love, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.