Description: He tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Theren is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in a small forest village. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon 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 forest due to the painful memories there. Theren took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up bastard sword and armor he uses now. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Holy water. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has red hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 Ruler. He became a Ruler soon after.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and balancing his hectic life and new ruler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Job, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His bronze crest is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Rathkran enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.