Description: 6'8" and muscular, this western man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. He keeps his long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Ruler first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gifted student he started as a Scribe, but he got bored and became a Ruler. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, 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. His hair is brown and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He worked as a nervous Seamstress and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Moss agate (11 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 20. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Don is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. His white hair is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.