Description: He wears a grey coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'4" when asserting himself. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Blacksmith responsibilities is difficult; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His tied-back hair is red. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 230 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. 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 resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Hoshû enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Hoshû hails from a village terrorized by giants. At some point he was captured by giants and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Barkeep does. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 39000 sp.