Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His tied-back hair is blonde. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Thorin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born in a small island village. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a morningstar on his belt. He has no hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Gardener born in the past three hundred years. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Diggory took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up morningstar and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing his hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Hourglass. 1 Good lock.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He struck the Bricklayer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 70 pp. Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a fancy tan suit. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Cook mother left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 110 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp).