Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He carries with him a set of crossbows, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. The war was a terrible time for him, and Cressel does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a pickaxe, but if one is not available he will default to his sword. He is physically well-built. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has styled his gray fur well, parting it to the left. His copper 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. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.