Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a hunchback. His black hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a Knight first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Azaki 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 to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is thinning but still full. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1600 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. He has a hunchback. His purple hair is lengthy. His white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

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 soldier and died while he was still young. Qemuel was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.